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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-02
WEATHER GROUNDS I.
.BOMBERS IN WEST

LONDON, Oct. 1--lR- All Ameri-
can and. Raj heavy bombers were
grounded today due to weather on,
this opening day of October. ira.
ditfonaIy a, bad month in Allied
air perations,. but rocket firing
typhoons from. continental bases
struck furiously at German tanks
north Of Nijmegen in Holland
The typhoons swept into the
tanks in an effort to break up
projected Nazi attack On British
lines at Huissen.
During October last year the u
S. Eighth Air Force bombers
found only seven operational days,
and three in October, 1912. This
was. in sharp contrast to 20 days
Of bomber blows at targets in
Germany last month, with fight
ers out every day.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-02
One RESISTANCE
POCKET ON PELELIU

u. S. PACIFIC FLEET HEAD
QUARTERS, Pearl Harbor, Oct. /.
-P)-American forces have secur-
ed all of Peleliu island except iso-
lated Bloody Nose Ridge" Adm.
Chester W. Ninitz reported in a
communique today. Marine planes
were smashing the strong positions
still held by the Japanese in the
heart of Umorb-ogol hill.
The admiral disclosed that more
than 10000 Japanese soldiers have
been killed in the southern Palau
Islands, Of which Peleliu, is the
largest. The Yanks now control
not only Peleliu but all OF Angaur,
Ngesebus, Konhauru, and five
smaller islets in the same general
region.
Filters Of the second Marine air
craft wing hammered the japanese
hill positions last Friday with
numerous" 1,0O-pound bombs in
an effort to denolish remaining
Nippon Notifications. Isolated en-
envy remnants continued to offer
bitter resistance from hillside
caves. ,-- st.. :,
The wiping out Of open organized
Japanese resistance on Peleliu and
Angaur, and the taking of. seven
nearby islands in the same chain,
virtually concludes the first Allied
invasion Of the Caroline islands,
probably Japan's strongest pre- :
war insular possession. Other en-
envy strongholds in the Carolines,
such as Truk and Ponape, were
neutralized by aerial invasion but
ground forces have never landed
there. "a ~.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-02
Douer, Liberated From Shell Fire
With Calais Capture, Nun1bly Sn1ilel

through the worst. In their
modest Sunday best they ming
led with dusty workers clear
ing away the ugly rubble OF
the last salvos the Germans
had fired in hate and spite.
In a taxicab office a woman
looked up from her work and
said, Il hear they, got 5000
German prisoners at Calais.
They ought to put them on a
ship and bring them to this
waterfront and say, Now, II
you can get through Dover alive
you can go back to Germany
tree"
A taxi driver wearing an ar
tificial left leg to make up for
the real one a shell had ripped
off, said, seems quiet, sit
ting around listening for the 81
rens. doesn't it? We are all
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-02
EXPLOSION POINT
NEARS FOR POLES

LONDON, Oct. 1.-tR-The dy-
namite-laden, struggle between
Premier Stanislaw Mikolajczyk, 5
exiled Polish government in Lon
don and the rival Soviet-sponsor
National Committee OF Liberation
in Moscow for political control 81
Poland approached the exploding
point today in controversy which
may breed civil war within the\un.
happy land.
Mikola--czyk's bid for friend,
ship Of the committee and Russia
through replacement of Gen. Kazi-
mierz Sosnowski as commander in
chief of Polish forces by Gen. Ia
deusz (Bor) Komorowski drew
such violent reaction in Moscow
apparently with Stalin's- approx
al - that it virtually eliminated
any hopes of effecting a reconcil-
iation between the rival political
groups.
President Asubka Morawski
president of the Moscow commit
tee in a press conference in the
Russian capital expressed deter.
mination to bring to criminal trial
those in the London government
responsible for the untimely War.
saw uprising.
He denounced Komorwski, lead.
er of the Warsaw fighting also
known as General Dor, as a Grim.
inal and said the London govern
ment was :'crazy'' for appointing
him commander-in-chief.
London Poles, officially silent on
the committee presidents blast
pending a cabinet consultation,
were frankly stunned by its rap.
ifications. Nor were they alone in
their establishment, for it raised
diplomatic implications far more
important than the denunciation OF
individuals.
The Moscow Polish Liberation
committee has been regarded in
London as creation Of Russia
with its power derived from the
Red army and its words reflect
ing the views of the Kremlin.
Thus Morawski's statement on
the latest peace move was deemed
a Russian rebuff not only for the
London Poles but also for Prime
minister Churchill and foreign sec.
rotary Anthony Eden, who have
been the prime movers in urging
upon Premier Mikolajczyk and
President Wladyslaw Rackiewicz
the necessity for sacrificing Gen.
ESosnowski in the interest of &C.
cord.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-02

ulative exporters in coffee pro-
ducing countries had been holding
back on shipments in an attempt
to force an increase in price cell
ings.
American importers have APP
pealed to the OPA to lift coffee
from price controls, but OPA
sources have said there is little
chance that this will be done.
Byrnes said that coffee stocks
now in this country amount to
about 3 and Ia months supply
which is more than normal sup
ply" These stocks together with
coffee now on shipboard bound for
this country and that purchased
for shipment constitute about 4
months supply. The resumption Of
shipments, he said, will make pos
sible the maintenance of an ade-
quate working inventory
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-02

WASHINGTON, Oct. r. Rs-
War Mobilization Dire tor James
+. Byrnes said today that there
is no necessity of rationing cot
fee now. -,
Ample replacement stocks for
retailers are: available from whole
salers and coffee roasters, Byrnes
said. His statement took cogni-
zance Of reports that coffee ra-
tioning was imminent, causing
runs on grocery stores in some
parts Of the country
Byrnes' statement:
..With four months supply Of
coffee now available to civilians,
and on basis Of assurances re-
ceived today by the Department
Of State from Brazil that the fill
ing Of orders for United States
coffee importers would be resum.
ed tomorrow, rationing Of coffee
is unnecessary
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-02

happy but just can't believe
it,"
Not all of Dover's people
stayed and took it. Displaying
common sense, thousands who
could, did leave and they are
coming back now.
Mayor ]. r. Cairns said the
city's normal population Of A..
600 dropped to IA, 500 and then
gradually rose to 18,000-until
the last three worst weeks
when another exodus began.
The mayor said YEARLY I'VE
are glad it's overland then
quickly added - Tor nearly
over"
He warned we mustn't think
the war is over
Eyeing the wreckage Of g..
Continued on Page 8; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-02
Fighting 1st. Infantry
First On German Soil

WITH THE u. S. FIRST ARMY
IN GERMANY, Sept. 25.-(Delay-
ed (P The famous fighting
First Infantry Division has done
it again. 49,
The boys proudly wearing No. !
on their arm patches, who fought
through Tunisia and Sicily, whip
ped an entire German division on
the Normandy beaches D-day and
then helped engineer the great
breakthrough west Of the St. Lo,
were among the first ground troops
to fight their way across the Ger
man border and were the first to
breach the Siegfried line.
The battle record of this great
combat division is one of the epics
of this war, for wherever the fight
ing has been the heaviest the first
division usually has been in the
middle OF it. They are still ''the
fighting first from; hell to vic.
tory
It took them just "a hours to
breach the Siegfried defenses east
of Aachen in a sudden thrust which
pierced two belts Of anti-tank dit
ches, dragons teeth barriers and
concrete pillboxes. In "a hours they
were piling through those for1nid-
able defenses which Hitler had
built along the German border to
protect the Reich.
An armored division fighting
alongside the First was the first
to penetrate the Reich in force on
Sept. IA. Tanks rolled across the
border just a few minutes before
doughfootS of the First crossed and
1t. Col. Edward Driscou Of Long
Island (no fuller address available)
radioed: '"This is Driscoll report
ing from Germany"
These doughboys penetrated first
into the somber shadows OF the
Aachen town forest and the next
day began the Siegf-ied assault.
At the spearhead was a COM
pany commanded by Capt. Kim
ball Richmond of Windsor, VT, a
youthful veteran Of Tunisian and
Sicilian campaigns. KinabaH led
one Of the Companies which cap
tured Troina in Sicily in the battle
which broke the back Of German
resistance on. the island. ', e.
This cagy young warrior, wear
lng nondescript cap, sat in, a
farmhouse and studied his maps
and the positions Of the German de-
lenses until he figured he had the
problem licked. - y ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-02
RUSSIANS STRIKING
FAR INTO HUNGARY
Siege OF Latvian Capital
Expected To Be Long,
Bitter Struggle

LONDON, Monday. Oct. 2.
-(P)-Russian troops struck
% miles deeper into Yugosla-
via yesterday, figh tin 8
through the mountains Of
northeastern Serbia to with
in 43 miles Of the Belgrade
Mis- railway, the main escape
hatch for 100000 Germans
imperilled in the lower Bal
kans.
simultaneously, an unconfirmed
Budapest dispatch via Turkey
said other Soviet forces and Ro-
manian contingents had smashed
% miles inside southeastern HIM
gary, chewing up the troops i Of
that shaken Axis satellite prelirn-
mary to a swift mobile thrust
across the farmland plains toward
Budapest, Magyar capital less
than 100 miles distant. Budapest
officially acknowledged Russian
gains, but did not disclose their
depth.
Moscow was silent about the
Hungarian drive. and also about
the Warsaw situation, which Polish
patriot reports described as ''cri-
teal" and where Berlin said the
Nazis were badly mauling the
dwindling guerrillas.
Marshal Rodion Y. Malinovsky's
Second Ukraine army - which
Berlin says now has poured 10000
men across the Danube into Yu-
goslavia below the Roinanian city
OF Turnu-Seern = was reported in
Moscow dispatches to be 30 miles
east of Belgrade, Yugoslav capt.
tai, with Marshal Tito's Yugoslav
partisans acting as advance
scout ~ sssl''" s
The Soviet communique cis-
closed that one Red army spear
head had veered southwest in =
Continued ON Page 3; Col. A.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-02

|ALLIES MASSINC
TANKS, SAY NA1S
First. Third And Seventh
u. S. Groups Prepare
For Major Drive

SUPREME HEADQUAR-
TIERS ALLIED EXPEDl-
TIONARY FORCE, Oct. IL
(P) - British troops on the
Acknowledgment front to-
night fought off the nearest
thing to a German counter
offensive since the unsuccess-
full drive to split the Brittany
bound American armies at
Avranches in Normandy two
months ago.
Although some German In
fantry- and tanks were able to
cross the Neder Rhine at
Heissen, four miles southeast
of Anthem, the drive detl-
nitely has been broken up, 1T
was reported at Supreme AL
lied headquarters.
The massing Of Nazi tanks and
infantry eight miles north OF Nil
megen had been spotted by British
force. Rocket-firing typhoons were
summoned and dipped into the en-
envy forces.
Field Marshal Walter Model
teamed with his Western front all
tly, bad weather, to stage his lat.
est attack. It was coordinated IN
lhaphazard fashion with stabs that
were not quite so strong against
! the American First army front
| southwest of Prum and in the Gree
mecy forest northeast Of Nancy.
! None of their thrusts gained any
ground for the Germans.
The size of the German force ins
Dictated it was nit local counter.
attack such as have harassed the
british Second Army and the air-
BONE American troops since they
Handed in Holland two weeks ago
The Germans apparently had
planned to drive east from Huis.
sen and nip off the tip of 1t. Gen.
Sir Miles Dempsey's spearhead,
still on the banks Of the Neder
Rhine west Of hrnhem.
Americans routed the enenv
from key stronghold 80 miles
southeast of Nancy today in one
OF many battles fought across sod.
den plains and mountains OF north.
eastern France, which the supreme
command said soon would spread
to Austria.
The Berlin radio, adding to the
air of expectancy over the 460-nlila
front, asserted that the British Sc
cond army and the u. S. First army
had nassed strong tank forces fo-
great offensive that would be
aimed east and northeast at the
Rhineland.
All along the rain-drenched
front the Germans lashed out with
vigorous counterblows in an -
tempt to keep the fighting lines sta-
tic.
In Holland the British shattsr.
ed two blows at their Nijmegen
corridor and widened it further az
/ strong forces began driving the last
enemy across the Mas tMeuse)
river, where Tommies already are
entrenched along Is miles OF the
west bank south of the Siegfried
lines northern terminal at Kleve.
The U. S. First Army dug deep.
err into the Siegfried line from east
Of the besieged fortress OF Aacheu
to 40 miles near Prun, ove~ran a
number of pillboxes and repealed
attacks by tanks and hanethrow.
ers.
The U. S. Third army broke I'D =
big German assault in a blazing
four-hour battle 16 miles northeast
OF Nancy and carved out local
gains in the same sort of slugrinv
match that has marked that front
! CONTINUED on Page 2; Col. y
~ rye
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- II. -
ENVOY. NAMED

4. LA Paz, Bolivia, ct. 1lR En-
rique Ba1divieso, 42-year-oid indie
pendent socialist and former
foreign minister who has been
named ambassador to Washing
ton, will leave for his new post
soon, It was. ! announc ed today
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-02
FORECAST

WILMINGTON AND VICINITY: Parity
cloudy and warmer
Temperature yesterday,
High 73-Low so.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1944-02-17
To Be No
Point Holiday

Although point values on all ma
jor canned vegetables were reduced
on January 80, the rumor that a
point holiday for canned goods is
just around the corner is vigorously
denied by the Office of Price Ad-
ministration. In fact, just the con-
trary is true. 1.-THE truth is" says
Administrator Chest BoWles, that
our food needs are fully as great
this year as last The military de-
mand is greater. Civilian purchasing
power and demand are greater. Ra-
tioning has protected the national
food supply by controlling purchases
of items in which there are short
ages. The result of point holiday
would be loss Of ground that has
been gained"
The outlook for home Gamers is
brighter this year and they have no
great cause to worry over the avail
ability of metal cans. glass jars and
closures for them. While there may
be some limiting factors, for the
most part the manufacture of these
products for home and community
canning is unrestricted. The new
supply of home canning jars is ex-
pected to be more than four times
the quantity DEodaaco1 IN 1871.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1944-02-17
ROUNDUP

VIA says dairy payments at pres
ent rates will be continued up to
February II, and beyond that they
will depend upon congressional
action Cider vinegar will cost
approximately three cents quart
more at retail A 20 per cent in
crease-under a new OPA regula-
ton to compensate professors and
packers for increased raw material
costs Local rationing boards
may now issue an interim coupon
sheet enabling consumer to buy
fuel oil while OPA investigates the
loss or theft of his ration sheet 4. !.
Retail prices increases per pound
of three cents for sea scallops, five
cents for lemon sole round, and Is
cents for lemon sole fillet are ex-
pected as a result of wholesale price
increases allowed by OPA Il. Man
ufacture Of 100000 aluminium pres
sure Gamers ,one size holding seven
one-quart glass jars, and another
size holding IA one-quart jars, has
been authorized by WPB, provided
there is no interference with mu-
nitions manufacture !. To increase
horse collar production, WPB has
issued special Instructions to man
u1aetaren - SrAg abss& ~ N
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1944-02-17
REXF()RD
observation-disclosures

Mrs. Ed Griffiths was business
caller in Libby Wednesday.
Correction-The ages of Mr.. and
Mrs. John P. Gaertner, parents of
Monte Gaertner were listed in last
weeks news as 81 and 70 which is
not correct. Their ages are So and
|93.
Eldon Butts, who recently finished
his Boot training at Farragut, is
spending a 15-day furlough at the
home Of his father, Wallace Butts,
of the Tooley Lake district,
Mrs. Jennie Davis, who has been
a guest at the home Of her brother,
Monte Gaertner, left the first of the
week for San Diego, Calf, to visit
son, who is marine stationed at
that place.
S/Sgt. Nanny Morgan and Mrs,
Vim. Quaintance of Eureka were
callers at the J. L. Hurst and Fred
Marks home Friday evening
1st 1t. and Mrs. James Hurst,
Jr., went to Spokane Wednesday,
returning to Rexford Thursday
night. They left Sunday for Rapid
City, S. D.
Miss Gwenith Ross of Kalisrell
was Sunday guest at the home OF
her parents.
Among the out of town relatives
who attended the funeral Of Mrs.
e. w. Butts were Mr.. and Mrs. l..
G. Brown of Priest River, Ida; Mr..
and Mrs. r. L. Birmingham Of Lib
by, Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Smith of
Spokane, Mrs. d. c. Scott and Clar
ence Butts of Portland. Ore; Mrs.
Judd Mills of Spokane, Mr.. and
Mrs. Art Brock, and Mrs. Connie
Blackwell of Libby.
The lower grades of the Rexford
school enjoyed Valentine party
Monday afternoon.
Mrs. George Ross visited in Kali
ispell the first of the week.
Mr. and Mrs. Zeb Evins Of Idaho,
are visiting relatives in this COM
munity this week.
E. w. Butts accompanied his
daughter, Mrs. D. G. Scott and his
son Clarence to Portland for a few
weeks visit.
Seaman lie Kenneth Knots Wis
tied friends in this community the
first Of the week He is enroute
from the East coast to visit his par
ents who live in Portland. Sea-
man Knots grew to manhood on a
farm near Rexford. He enlisted in
the Navy year ago. Since that
time he has seen many OF the far
places he studied about in geogra-
pry. Seaman Knots will 60 on from
Portland to San Francisco to re-
port for duty. He has specialized as
gunner.
Roy Patrick passed through here
Tuesday enroute to Butte to take
his examination for army service.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1944-02-17
National Forest Timber For ST

Sealed bids will be received by
the Forest Supervisor, Libby, Mon
tana, up to zoo P. M. March ID.
1914, for all merchantable dead
timber standing or down and MI
live timber marked or designated
for cutting on an area embracing
about 205 acres within Sections 4,
5, 8, and 8, T34N, R25W, Dichey
Lake, Kootenai National Forest, -
timated to be 1900 M IT B. N. q
larch and Douglas-fir. No bids d
less than $3.50 per NJ It. B. M. viii
be considered. Bids with rates h
excess OF those permissible under
MPR 460 will be reduced to the II
loWable maximum in making the
award. The sum OF $3.50 must be
deposited with each bid to be mp
piled to the purchase price, re-
funded or retained in part as liqui-
dated damages according to con-
ditions Of sale. The right is re-
served to reject any and all bids-
In addition to the above stumpa3e,
$l.O0 per M #. B. M must be d.
posted in cooperative fund to Gov
err the cost Of disposing Of slash
and other debris Before bids are
submitted, full information concern
ing the timber, condition OF sale,
and submission OF bids should be
obtained from the Forest Ranger,
Fortine, Montana. fl7-mrz-zt
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1944-02-17
No. 007 90
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate OF Torres Rafdal, deceal

Estate OF Torres Rafdal, deceased
Notice is hereby given by the
undersigned, the administrative Of
the estate OF Torres Rafdal, DE-
ceased, to the creditors of and Ill
persons having claims against the
said deceased, to exhibit them,
with the necessary vouchers, within
four months after the first publica-
ton Of this notice to the said Id
ministratrix at the office Of Thomas
D. Long in the courthouse in Libby,
in the County OF Lincoln, State Of
Montana, the same being the place
for the transaction Of the business
of said estate.
BESSIE l.. RAFDAL,
Administrative Of the Estate OF said
Deceased.
Dated at Libby, Montana, this
25th day of January, 1914
THOMAS d. LONG,
Attorney for Administrative.
Date LIST Pub. l-27-44. j27-f17-4t
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1944-02-17
National Forest Timber For STE


Sealed bids will be received BY
the Forest Supervisor, Libby, Mon
tana, up to 200 P. M. March %.
1914, for all merchantable dead tim
Der standing or down and all live
timber marked or designated tne
chfting on an area embracing about
285 acres within Section II, T37N,
R28W, Young Greek, Kootenai Ma
tional Forest, estimated to be 1000
M it. B. M. of larch and Douglas
fir. No bid of less than $3.50 per II
#. B. M. will be considered. Bids
with rates in excess of those per
Missile under MPR 460 viii be
reduced to the allowable maxi
mum in making the award. The samn
of $3.50 must be deposited with each
bid to be applied to the purchase
price, refunded or retained in part
as liquidated damages according to
conditions of sale. The right Is No
served to reject any and all bidx-
In addition to the above stumpaee,
$100 per M It. B. M. must be d.
posted in a cooperative fund to
cover the cost of disposing Of slash
and other debris. Before bids are
submitted, full information Concern
ing the timber, conditions Of sale,
and submission of bids should BE-
obtained from the Forest Ranger,
Rexford, Montana. f17-mr7-7t
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1944-02-17
NATIONAL FOREST TIMBER
FOR SALE

Sealed bids will be received by
the Forest Supervisor, Libby, Mont
ana, up to 200 P. M March 20, 1914
for all merchantable dead timber
standing or down and all live tim
Der marked or designated for cut
ting on an area embracing about $50
acres within Sections 4, S, 8, and 10,
r 80 N, r "a w, Carr Ridge, Koote-
mai National Forest, estimated to
be 800 M #. BM Of white pine, 30 M
#. BIN ponderosa pine, 1000 M IT.
BIN larch and Douglas-fir, and 285
M IT. BIN hemlock and white fir.
No bids of less than $3.50 per M #,
BM for white pine, $685. per M IT.
BIN for ponderosa pine, $l.80 per M
it. BIN for larch and Douglas-fir,
and SOTO per M it. BIN for hemlock
and white fir will be considered.
Bids with rates in excess of those
permissible under MPR $50 will
be reduced to the allowable maxi
mum in making the award. The
sum Of $4,000 must be deposited
with each bid to be applied to the
purchase price, refunded or retain
ed in part as liquidated damages &C
eording to conditions OF sale. The
right is reserved to reject any and
all bids. In addition to the above
stumpage, $1.OO per M It. BM must
be deposited in = cooperative fund
to cover the cost Of disposing Of
slash and other debris, Before bids