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Evening star., 1944-10-04

political issues, Mr.. Smith and Mr..
Roosevelt apparently remained on
good personal terms. In June, 1911,
Mr.. Smith came to Washington to
attend Georgetown University COM
mencement exercises and while
here paid q social visit" to the
White House.
Never Was Amy Hatchet."
Il wanted to shake hands with
the President and wish him we'll"
he told reporters then.
Asked II all hatchets were buried
between him and the President, he
replied, There never was any
hatchet."
Again in July, 1912, he called at
the White House for what he said
was more personal visit than any
thing else" In March of last year
he had another little talk" with
the President.
On his birthday last December 80,
Mr.. Smith received q message from
Mr.. Roosevelt saying that "a mans
friends" like to make his reaching
the dignity of threescore years
and ten" the occasion for q testi-
monial in his behalf, and so he
wished it were possible for him to
be present. But I shall be thinking
|of you," the President wrote, "and
/ send you hearty congratulations
and warmest personal greetings"
Evening star., 1944-10-04
Absenteeism in Britain
May Cause Coal Crisis
By The Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, Oct. Mai. Gwilym
Lloyd George, Minister of Fuel. told
the House of Commons yesterday q
critical winter lay ahead because Of
25 per cent increase in voluntary
absenteeism" among coal miners
The son of the World War Prime
Minister reported production had
fallen about 100000 tons q week
since the wage increases of last
April, largely because Of absenteeism.
Though there have been no re-
gional stoppages during the last six
months he said, there has been q
large number of local and unonicial
stoppages. The only real and
immediate remedy lies in the hands
of the miners"
Evening star., 1944-10-04
Truck 0verceiling Sale
Costs Couple S1,507 Fine

Mr.. and Mrs. John Shansler, 500
block of Kennedy street NV, were
fined $1,507.47 in District Court yes
terday in treble damage suit filed
by the ONCE of Price Administra-
tion which charged they sold an
automobile truck with a ceiling price
Of $397.51 for 5000. -E. @
Visiting Judge Royce H. Savage
rendered the verdict for triple the
overcharge upon presentation of
evidence by District OPA Enforce
ment Attorney John L. Laskey and
Assistant Enforcement Attorney j.
Grahame Walker.
Evening star., 1944-10-04
Weather Report

District Of Cloudy and
continued cool this afternoon and
tonight; low tonight near so. To-
morrow becoming partly cloudy and
warmer in afternoon.
Maryland and Virginia-Cloudy
and continued quite cool; light rain
and drizzle in mountains tonight.
Partly cloudy and warmer tomor-
row afternoon.
River Report.
Potomac River clear, Shenandoah
cloudy at Harpers Ferry. Potomac
slightly muddy at Great Falls.
R.u~rt U..t
Evening star., 1944-10-04
Record for Last y H.ur..

Record for Last - Hsurs.
From noon yesterday to noon today.)
Highest, So. IL am. Year ago, So,
Lowest, 40, 400 am. Year ago, As.
Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest, 9S, on June 1S
Lowest, IL, on January 8.
Hu-sS;x-
Evening star., 1944-10-04

Tide Tables.
Furnished by United States Coast
and Geodetic Survey
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-13
MUNICH AGAIN
HIT HEAVILY

LONDON, July IL. -P)- The
vicinity of Munich, vital rail huh
serving both the Italian and Rus.
sian fronts, was attacked by Am
erican heavy bombers from the Sc
cond straight day today as fleet
of more than 1000 Britain-based
Flying Fortresses and Liberators
unloaded at least $500 tons OF
bombs on communications links
and various other targets impor.
tant to the enemy.
The Americans, attacking by in.
struments through heavy clouds
which obscured observation of the
results. met no German fighter
opposition but ran through intense
anti-aircraft fire over the target
area and 26 bombers failed to re-
turn. No planes were lost from a
strong force of escorting fighters.
Also for the second straight day,
American heavies based in Italy
lit southern France. Up to 500
bombers escorted by Lightnings
and Mustangs bombed rail tar
gets with good results.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-13
Jap Troops
Using Gas
On Chinese

CHUNGKING, July 12.-P)-
Japanese troops have slashed
forward rs miles in the Kwan-
tung province drive seeking to
close a wise on the Canton
Hankow railroad, but the Chin
csc contained the northern jaw
in Human province in the face
of gas attacks, the Chinese high
command declared tonight.
The left wing of the japanese
force forming the southern Jaw
Of the giant pincer moved west
of the vital railway and reach
ed a point IL miles from strate-
gically-important Yingtak..
Yingtak is 70 miles north of
Canton and 100 miles south of
the Human province rail city of
Hengyang, the focal point of
the Chinese battle against the
enemy's northern jaw.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-13
Postwar us. Air Force
Asked By Army, Navy

er, Gates told the committee
that the Navy, while plugging
for a large peacetime sea
force, endorses the resolution
of the Aeronautical Chamber of
Commerce, declaring that Am
erica should keep in fighting
trim "air power strong enough
to keep the peace"
He quoted from the resolu-
ton on specific means of ac-
comprising this end.
81. By maintaining adequate
air forces in such strength AMI
in such state of readiness as to
preclude a successful assault
on our country or its possess
sions.
"2. BY acquiring and MAIN
tanning air bases essential to
our security and that of over
seas trade.
"3. By facilitating the order
ly economic expansion of do
nestle and international air
transport and of private fly
ing.
20. BY preserving a strong
Continued on Page SIEVE; Col. 2
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US. Religious Workers
Accused of Espionage

the safety of the army Of occu-
patton. They further alleged the
religious workers had attempt
ed, through subversive activi-
ties, to upset cooperation be-
tween Japanese authorities and
of the Philippines"
The broadcast said all the
properties of the "enemy" re-
ligious observation-disclosures
ly the scores Of churches, con-
vents, schools and monster
les In the Philippines - we're
turned over to the Bureau of
Religious Affairs of the Re
public"
After the Japanese army took
over the city of Manila Janu-
airy 2. 1912, about 500 mission
aries and religious workers,
most Of them Americans, were
permitted to live in their own
religious compounds outside
the Santo Tomas civilian prison
camp. Some of them, includ-
ing both Catholic and Protes-
tants, refused to sign temper
airy releases offered by the jap
anese. They were held in the
Continued on Page SIEVE; Col. z
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-13
BRITISH COMMANDO
KILLS NAX CHIEF

ISLAND OF Wis, Yugoslavia, July
12.-P)-A young British comman-
90 officer shot and killed the COM
mandant of the German garrison
or the island of. Brac after enter
ing the closely guarded headquar-
tiers disguised as a shepherd with
stem gun hidden in a bundle OF
sticks. (Brac is below the Dali
matian port of Split.)
This was one of many Allied
commando exploits harassing the
Germans in the Dalmatian islands
in recent months.
The commando, 1t. Bernard
James Barton. %, of Hastings,
Sussex, was accompanied by two
partisan soldiers.
Barton borrowed old civilian
clothes and disguised himself with
mixture of mud and flour, Joined
the shepherd and helped him drive
sheep into town past the patrols.
The shepherd nearly ruined the
whole plan by slapping Barton on
the back and shouting Bravo
when they got past the patrols. =.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-13
ROOSEVELT HIT
BY REPUBLICANS

ALBANY, N. Y. July 12.-LP)-
Republicans fired their first cam
paign salvo at President Roosevelt
today, more than a week in ad-
vance of his expected nomination
for a fourth term, with an asser-
ton he was using his title of COM
mander-in-chief to "perpetuate
himself in office.
National Republican Chairman
Herbert Brownell, Jr., put that in
depreciation upon the President S
statement that, if renominated by
the national Democratic conven-
ton at Chicago next week, he
would accept as a good soldier. :"
Brownell, who met reporters af-
ter conferences with Gov. Thomas
E. Dewey, Republican presidential
nominee, was asked whether he
had any comment on the Prof.
dents announcement.
Reading from prepared state
ment, previously seen by Dewey,
Brownell said:
"Mr. Roosevelt is the first of 80
presidents of the United States to
claim that the title of commander
in-chief makes him a soldier and
to use that title as pretext to
perpetuate himself in political Of
flee"
ION Nov. 4, 1910, Mr.. Roosevelt
made this statement you will
have a new president in 1914, :"
Brownell continued, adding:
''When he said that, he was
right
Brownen emphasized the state
ment was his own, but said Gov
ernor Dewey had perused it with
out comment during breakfast at
the executive mansion.
After his conferences with Brow
nell, Dewey talked with Samuel F.
Pryor of Connecticut, eastern cam
paign manager for Wendell Will
kie in 1910, and Irving M. Ives, Re-
publican majority leader of New
York's assembly. Ives is mention
ed as possible candidate for the
United States senate seat now &C.
cupied by Robert F. Wagner, New
York City Democrat.
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Continued on Page Two; Col. -

WASHINGTON, July 12.-(R
The Army and Navy asked
Congress today to maintain a
formidable postwar air force
backed with mammoth aircraft
production plants ready for
any emergency.
Undersecretary of War Rob-
ert p. Patterson and Artemus
L. Gates, Navy assistant Sec
rotary, voiced the armed SER
vices views before a Senate
military subcommittee. Gates
said:
sThe United States should
maintain an air power suffi-
cient not only to win this war
but also to keep the peace"
He and Patterson also pro-
posed broad expansion of CT
william aviation, when the war
is won.
Patterson said the govern
ment should retain title to its
eight huge bomber plants, with
lease arrangements with pri-
vate enterprise wherever pos
sible. As to the national policy
for the maintenance of air pow
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-13
Truck Crop Prices
Steady At Clinton

RALEIGH, July 12.-(P)-Truch
crop prices on the North Carolina
auction markets early today were
reported by the state department
of agriculture as:
West Jefferson - 1920 bushels,
mostly tendergreen snap beans,
81 40 to S1.70, mostly $160 to $1.70.
Clinton - Market steady. Bushel
baskets, bullnose type peppers,
$1.75 to $2.15, mostly $190 to 10;
cucumbers rs cents to $1.5O, most
ly go cents to $1.15; eggplant, $l.75
to $2.75.
Faison - Market slightly weak.
er. Bushel baskets, bullnose type
peppers, $1.65 to $40, mostly $1.8O
to $1.95; cucumbers, 30 cents to
$1.4O, mostly go cents to $1.1O; egg.
plant, $1.00 to So; lima beans, ST..
Is
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-13
CHINESE IN BURMA
OPEN LEDO ROAD

EJTHEAST ASIA COMMAND
HEADQUARTERS, Handy, Cey-
lon July 12.-R)-The juncture OF
the Chinese 22nd and 38th divi-
SONS about seven miles west OF
Mogaung has cleared the Ka-
malng-Mogaung road and given
me Allies control of approximately
'VO miles of the new Ledo supply
road to China. it was announced
today.
a conlmunique from Admiral
A0fd Louis Mountbatten's head
quarters said that other Chinese
H0ops have taken up positions at
ly,lhoaW, approximately eight
.'iIles West-south " est of Mogaung,
ana Chinese units have made local
s0lnS IN the South at Myitkyina,
W .!le last of three North Burma bas-
t SonS still partly in japanese
baAos. American planes have
Doihoed an airfiled at Lashio. ter
"'tIial Of the Burma road.
me position of battered Jap; l.
f f forces remaining in Eastern
; iitula was declared becoming rap
Wy worse. A strong enemy force
>. las routed near Chepu, southwest
VI ukArul, Mountbatten's commu-
l bo said, and casualties were
,'e'Vy On both sides there. Enemy
~ TsVape routes leading south from
-Niroi have been blocked at many
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-13
ROCKET BOMBS
KEEP COMING

LONDON, Thursday, July 13.-tR
Coming from varying directions.
Hitler's comet bombs continued
to blast bits Of London and south.
ern England by daylight yesterday
after the capital had enjoyed its
second straight raid free night
Deaths came by ones and twos
as houses and shops were demol.
ished by the spray of explosives
but more serious recent incidents
were disclosed with the official an.
nounce.nent that bombs had h i I
suc.a famous London landmarks as
the Royal Free hospital in Gray's
Inn road, Warner Brothers movie
studios at Teddington, and Austria
liza house and Aldwych house, al
the eastern end of the strand.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-13
Raleigh Airport Heads
To Request U.S.. Fund.

DURHAM, July 12.-tR-Mem'
bers of the Raleigh-Durham air
port authority plan to go to Wash
ington within the next two or three
weeks to seek funds with which
to complete various phases of the
airport.
D. w. Newsom, county manager
and treasurer of the airport au-
thority, said the group will con
fer with officials of the Civil Aero
nautics Board and with Durham
and Wake county representatives
in Congress. Funds are sought tc
compl tie a fourth runway, to buile
hangers, construct an administra'
ton building, provide additional
taxi strips and build unloading ia
cilitieS.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-13

american Ight armOred units
blasted forward two miles against
strong German resistance and cap
tured the enemy stronghold of Cas-
t1glioncello, eight airline miles
down the coast rom Livorno,
while Polish troops who distin-
guished themselves in the bloody
Casino fighting closed in to &C.
curate artillery range of Ancona's
Notifications.
Possession of t h { two ports
would enormously assist the Allied
armies in their impending assault
upon the Nazi' Gothic line" de-
fenses-supposedly the last strong
natural barrier left to the enemy
short of the Pc river line near
the top of the Italian boot.
"a dispatch from Zurich, Swift
zerland, Wednesday quoted dip
lomatic source as saying that 'ev-
erything indicates" that the Ger
mans "envisage an early and total
retreat from Italy.")
American troops driving up the
Era river valley, about 81 miles
inland from the west coast, in an
attempted thanking thrust against
Livorno were reported meeting
furious oppositio nabove the en-
emy-held town of Lajatico, which
had been bypassed. German coun-
terattacks were described as both
fl equent and fierce and there was
nc indication the Yanks had made
any real progress in the past "a
hours.
The Nazis now are using t h e
greatest concentrations of artillery
they have yet employed in Italy, in
Guiding many gun captured on
other fronts. This blanket of fire,
together with the German soldiers
willingness to fight is making the
Allied advance slow and grind
ing business.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-13

These "bosses," including May
ors Edward j. Kelly, of Chicago,
and Frank Hague, of Jersey City
and former Democratic national
Chairman Edward J. Flynn, OF
New York are reported on good
authority to have minced no
Words in expressing the same
opinion that the vice president
''would cost the chief a million to
five million votes if nominated
for re election at the Democratic
convention in Chicago next week.
Despite these warnings and h e
report of National Chairman Rob-
ert E. Hannigan that vast ma
jority of the delegates to the con-
yention are against Wallace, Mr..
Roosevelt is expected, probably
before the end of the week, to issue
a statement that if he was a dele
gate, ne would vote for second
term nomination of the vice pres
ident. There was considerable spe-
culation here tonight that the pres
ident may add to the statement
the names of other available DEM
ocrats acceptable to him for Sec
ond place on the fourth term tick
ct. In this event, Wallace's chances
for a second term would be con-
siderable lessened.
The opinion of the Democratic
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-13
DEADLY AR7ZZLERY BARRAGE
COVERS U.S.. STORM TROOPS
MENA cling NAZI-HELD LESSAY
ALLIED GAINS
WIDESPREAD
German Parachutists
Unable To Halt
lnfantrymen

TIERS, ALLIED EXPEDI-
TIONARY FORCE, Thurs
day, July 13.-(P) - U. S:
troops attacking under one OF
the .deadliest artillery barra-
ges of the war captured
points within one mile and a
half of the mid-Normandy
citadel of st. Lo yesterday
and also hammered a spear
head to within two and a
quarter miles of Lessay, west
coastal anchor of the collaps-
ing German flank.
Charging through hedgerows
and across fields Uttered with
elite German parachutists who
had been hurled into the lines in
an unsuccessful effort to halt them
the American infantrymen were
aided by a consuming artillery
fire which smashed German rear
line concentrations and killed front
line troops.
Many German prisoners were
stupefied by the barrage from
hundreds of big guns as the AM
orleans steadily folded back the
German western lines while Brit
ish and Canadians blunted repeat
ed German counter-thrusts in the
Caen sector.
Some 200 trapped Germans were
wiped out north of st. Lo.
German broadcasts of reports
from front line Nazi correspond
ents termed the Allied barrage the
heaviest ever encountered, and
said the grinding down of Ger.
man rear concentrations and COM
munications by both artillery and
Allied air power presented "a
strategy utterly new in the history
of warfare"
While the Berlin broadcasts ap.
parently also were prompted in
explanation of Axis reverses in
Normandy they nevertheless con-
firmed that Allied air power had
made it almost impossible for the
Germans to cert their full strength
in Normandy because of damaged
roads. railways and rolling stock.
by day our forces go to DEATH"
said the Berlin reference to AL
lied artillery and air power. by
night they move by devious
ways.")
General Eisenhower 11:30 COM
munique last night said steady
Allied pressure in all main areas
Of activity continued to force the
enemy slowly back. Allied gains
have been small but widespread
and the enemy suffered consider
able losses in abortive counterat-
tacks.'
In one German counterattack
northwest of imperilled St. 10 the
Nazis lost 20 tanks Tuesday, and
airmen on that day destroyed or
damaged 81 of Marshal Erwin
ommers boarded armor. The Al
lied communique said more thar
40 German tanks were knocked
out by ground action alone Tues.
day.
Allied airmen raked German
transports, supply facilities, and
troops all the way from Brussels
in Belgium to Bordeaux in South
ern France despite weather which
prevented full employment of the
Allied air arrnadas.
The Americans moving on St. Lo
made their biggest strides during
the day east of the fortress city,
which is seven-Way road juno
ton. ST. Andre-de L'Epine, a Ger
man stronghold three miles north
east of st. Lo and just north OF
the St. Lo-Bayeux road, was cap
tured as the troops went on and
spread their assault lines in the
fields below the spires of ancieae
St. 10.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-13
Wilmington Man Loses
Checks Totaling $4,000

PHILADELPHIA. July 12-RH
]. T. Baker of Wilmington, N. c.,
here to purchase automobiles, told
police today he lost a folder con-
tanning $4,000 in negotiable chas-
ier's checks last night while walk.
ing from a theater to his hotel.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-13
Saiipan Isle
Blow Costs
1903 Men
1859 ARE KILLED
11.4Sl Troops Wounded
1918 Missing,
Navy Says

U. S. PACIFIC FLEET
HEADQUARTERS, PEARL
HARBOR, July IL. (P -
Conquest of strategic Saipa1
island in the western Pacif.
ic cost 1903 American cas-.
ualties - 1850 killed, 1,481
wounded and 1918 missing
Navy Secretary Forrestal an
nounced today in Washing
ton.
This total, the highest of any sin.
gle ground action in the Pacific,
was far exceeded by the losses in
flicted on the Japanese garrison,
1898 of whom already had beer
buried,
Forrestal said probably IS per
cent of the defending force, est.
mated at more than 10000. died in
the futile defense of Saipan. That
island is within bombing range OF
Tokyo and already is being used
by American fighter planes.
ForrestaFs report followed quick
ly an announcement by Adm. Ches-
ter w. Nimitz that japanese pris-
oners of war on Saipan already
exceeded 1000. That also was a
record for any single campaign in
the Pacific
New carrier task force strikes
Monday at Guam and Rota, in the
Marianas south of Saipan, were re-
ported by NimitZ. These attacks
rounded out nearly a week of sus-
stained action, suggestive of pre-
invasion softening up, against those
islands.
Nimitz' report on Japanese pris-
oners included operations through
Monday. AS the cleanup continued,
the total was expected to be in
creased. Undoubtedly there still
we're many japanese hiding out in
caves and on wooded ridges.
Although organized resistance on
saipan had ended last Saturday,
there was bitter fighting when iso-
lated enemy groups were located.
Nimitz reported one Marine regi-
}nent alone killed I'll Nipponese
troops Monday in mopping up ac-
tivitieS.
Japanese civilians, who had been
caught at the northern tip of the
island with the remnants of the
garrison, continued to stream back
More than 5000 already had been
interned, Nimitz said.
The latest carrier plane strike at
Guam. the sixth in as many days,
concentrated on military objec-
t'ves at the towns of Agana, Una
tao and Agat on the western shore.
Buildings near Orote Point, at about
the center of the western coastline
also were hit.
There was no interception by en-
envy fighter planes over either
Guam or Rota. Anti-aicraft fire
was reported moderate.
The Seventh Army Air Force
continued. its neutralizing raids in
the Caroline islands Monday, MINI
ltz reported; heavy bombers met
but meager ground fire and no in
Perception as they plastered Dub
Ion island naval base, in Truk atoll,
With 50 tons of bombs.
Adverse weather had slowed air
actions in the Southwest Pacific
but new strikes at Nipponese bases
IN the central Pacific Caroline is
lands were reported by today s
communique from Gen. Douglas
MacArthur's headquarters. They
conferred on Palau, zap and Woleal.
These attacks, carried out last
Monday, met aerial opposition only
over zap. Five of more than ~
enemy interceptors we're doWned
In half hour Of dogfights.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-13
Japanese Attempt
To Break Pocket

ADVANCED ALLIED HEAD
QUARTERS, New Guinea, Thurs
day, July 13-tR-Forty-five thous-
and bypassed Japanese have
launched a desperate attempt to
break out of a British New Guinea
pocket in which they have been
entrapped since last April, head
quarters announced today.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-13
Party Leaders Say
Wallace Liability
BY HOWARD SUBTLE
News washington Bureau

WASHINGTON, July 12-P)-Advices from so-caled
bg city BOSSES" in which they expressed strong belief
that Vice President Henry Wallace would be "too much
of liability President Roosevelts fourth term running
mate caused the President to change his mind about in
slstng Wallace for second place the 1914 Demo-
cratic ticket it was indicated here tonight.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-13
By RAY CRONIN

SAN FRANCISCO, July H.
Up Sensational charges, top
ped by espionage. have been
lodged by the Japanese army
Of occupation against Ameri-
can religious workers in the
Philippines, according to q
broadcast from the Nippon =
controlled Manila radio station.
The broadcast said al Unit
ed Nations missionaries and
other religious workers In the
islands were rounded up during
the past week and thrown into
civilian prison camp.
The Japanese said these Cath
oIic and Protestant mission
aries and religious workers had
"abused" their temporary free
dom of movement by engaging
in espionage and subversive
propaganda that endangered
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-13
Allies Drawing Near
To Big Italian Port

ROME, July 12.-lE9-Alled troops were fighting to-
night within eight miles of Livorno big Italian coast
port and from the distance hurting shells into
the shipping center of Ancona the Adratc sea- at the
opposite end of the 150-mile battle line.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-13

Editors note: The writer,
Ray Cronin, now AP war edi-
tor at San Francisco, was chief
of the former APP bureau in
Manila. He spent 81 months in
a Japanese prison camp prior
to repatriation.)
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-13
FORECAST

FORECAST
WILMINGTON AND VICINITY. p,r+,,,
cloudy today with scattered thi,nder,
showers.
Temperature yesterday:
High S9-Low rs.