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Superforts Again Renew Offensive On
Japan1e Homeland AS Allied Patience
We@E Thin Over Enemy Peace Stalling
RUSSIAN ARMIES
CUT ENEMY LINES
Vital Com m u mi c alton.
Link Severed In Ad-
vance On Hardin

LONDON, Aug. Is. Up -
Russian armies, lunging toward the
arsenal city of Hardin, tore out
gains up to % miles in Manchuria
today and cut vital Japanese
communication line as Tokyo re-
ported a Soviet invasion of Sakhalin
Island, lying 26 miles north of the
Japanese homeland.
Swift-driving, tank-tipped Soviet
thursts threatened to disrupt the
entire japanese communication
system in Manchuria, playing ha-
voc with the enemy's supply and
leaving pockets of enemy troops
open to enlightenment and annihila-
ton.
Moscow's broadcast communique
announced that Marshal Alexander
NJ. Vasilevsky's five-pronged drive
toward Hardin had seized at least
% japanese strongpoints in con-
verging sweeps into Central Man.
churia from the west, northwest,
north, northeast and east.
The Russians ripped across one
Of Manchuria's three vital north
south rail lines and threatened an.
other, the 950-mile line linking
Dairen and Mukden with extreme
northern Manchuria, Moscow's wal
bulletin disclosed,
The easternmost of Manchuria'
north-south lines, running from thu
Korean port Of Seishin to Kiamuszt
on the Sungari river, was severed
when Marshal Kirin A. Meretskov'
First Far Eastern Army captured
the rail junction of Lirkow, II
miles northwest of Vladivosstok.
j Capture OF the three-way junction
put the Russians 1T miles east o
Hardin, the great war production
city of central Manchuria, and Gu
the last rail communication lin,
for Japanese troops putting up bit
ter resistance in the marshy val
ley between the Sungari and Us
uri rivers in eastern Manchuria.
In this valley Gen. Maxim Pur
kaev's Second Far Eastern Army
advanced nine to Is miles, Moscow
said, and seized four Japanese
held towns, including Hamatungho
145 miles northwest of Linkow, ane
Hailu, IL miles west of Fuchin OF
the Sungari.
Meretskov's troops found thu
battling tough on the west banl
of the Ussuri, marking the Rus
Observation-Disclosures frontier. They los
and then recaptured Hulin, 81
miles north of Vladivostok, the Sc
viets disclosed.
!, Meretskov's army was advanc
ing on a 360-nile front extendin
from Hulin, through captured Tur
: gan to Linkow and then south t
the Korean frontier, and game
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Navy May Have Taken Over Camp Davis;
No Official Noticed Posted At Base As Yet

clal comment has been forth
coming concerning this pos
sible move.
Officials at Camp Davis re-
ported last night that they had
not been advised Of any order
authorizing the Navy Depart
ment to take over facilities at
closed that Marine Corps Off
the post. However, they dis
closed that Marine Corps Off
GERS were now at the base.
Although Col. Ralph Lipkin,
U. S. Army, commanding Off
Ger at Camp Davis could not
be reached last night, Capt. T.
N. Br:tton, officer of the day,
said that no official order to
such affect had been posted at
the camp.
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MACARTHUR REPORTS
JAP CASUALTIES IN
EXCESS OF 5000

MANILA, Tuesday, Aug. 14.-R
General Macarthur reported to-
day that Japanese casualties on
Borneo> had mounted to 6,229 dead
and captured almost Is times
greater than the losses of Allied
ground forces.
His communique said 1888 en-
envy dead had been counted and
536 prisoners taken, while Allied
casualties were 1876 killed and
three missing. An additional 1,460
Allied troops have been wounded,
however.
His report said 1927 japanese
dead had been listed and 95 enemy
soldiers captured since the previous
report of casualties July %. In
that period the Allies - Chiefly
Australian troops reinforced with
Dutch units-lost so killed and 100
wounded.
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Tot Falls Four Stories;
Her Doll Is Casualty

CINCINNATI, Aug. 13.-R)-
Three-year-old Irene o liver
fell four floors from window
OF her home to the sidewalk to-
day, but only her doll was a
casualty.
Irene had it in her arms as
she fell, and crushed it in land
ing.
- Physicians could find no in
juries to the child.
Patrolman william Ehrhardt
said Irene's fall was broken by
two utility wires IL feet above
the walk.
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q Z
Marifu Rail
Yards First
Big Targets
SHIPS ALSO BLASTED
Raids Underway Today
And Will Continue
Guam Reports Say

GUAM. Tuesday, Aug. a.
Up American Superfortresses
resumed the offensive against
Japan at noon today, attack
ing Southern HOnshu.
The first targets today were
the Marifu railroad yards and
ships off the coast southwest
of Kure.
U. S. Army Strategic Air
Force headquarters said the
raids still are under way and
twill continue.
They apparently are intended
as q prod to hasten the enemy's
surrender.
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BYRNES GETS DSM
FROM PRESIDENT

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13.-U.D-
President Truman today presented
the distinguished service medal to
Secretary of State James F.
Byrnes for his service in coordinat.
ing the home front wa1 effort
while War Mobilization Director.
Mr.. Truman said Byrnes assured
the armed forces the striking
power needed for two wars and
at the same time maintained the
civilian economy cat the highest
level of any belligerent in World
War H."
The ceremony was held in the
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BY r, H. sHACKFORD

BY r. H. SHACkFOESD
United Press Staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Aug. 13- U.D -
French Provisional President Gen.
Charles deGaulle will arrive here
Aug. % to discuss with President
Truman Frances future role in
the Far East and plans OF the
big powers for Western Germany.
It will be deGaulle's second visit
to Washington. A year ago last
month his talks here with Presi.
dent Roosevelt resulted in U. S.
recognition of the French Provi-
sional government.
The White House made the
formal announcement of the de-
Gaulle visit tonight. It had been
planned ever since Mr.. Truman
became CHEZ executive but the
time was left for when circum-
stances permitted.
1T has now been agreed" a
White House statement said, THAI
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THE Navy Department advis-
:, .ides of Senator Clyde r.
u " in Washington yesterday
,hat the Navy was taking over
camp Davis Monday, accord
S ;nn to an Associated Press
dispatch last night.
Although no details of yes
.srday's action were given, a
.reyious announcement had
disclosed that the Navy will
take over facilities at Camp
m.vis for the use of the Ma
rine Corps.
There has been considerable
.neculation concerning UNI
iouuded reports that the
NetherIand Marines now being
trained as a body at Camp Lee
tonne would be transferred to-
Camp Davis; however, nc otti-
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100000 LEAVE EUROPE

NEW YORK, Aug. 13.-(R-The
army said today 100000 service
n h already are home or on the
nish seas enroute to America from
Wv. .;.e european theater of opera
.ioAS' Army added 175,OOO are in
assembly u.s. areas being processed
~. departure and $4,000 are in
S Sb;si areas waiting to board
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NEW BOMBER

BURBANK, Calf, Aug. 13-W.D
The Navy is using a powerful,
new bomber against the Japanese,
Lockheed Aircraft Corp. revealed
To-Day. The bomber, the PV-2 Har.
poon has speed of more than
sV ooo miles per hour, range OF
z'oVo miles and a bomb load Of
1000 pounds.
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WEATHER
Eastern Standard Time)

Eastern Standard Time)
MAJ by U. S. Weather Bureau,
endir n.soro5osical data for the "a hours
''o pm, yesterday.
Lon Temperature
7;3 So W. am; 70; 80 am, 76; 13o pm, 80;
No N,sSIm 1 80; Minimum 70; Mean 49,;
,.,o Humidity
reG 'u am, 81; 1870 am, 81; 1:aO pm, 49,;
Precipitation
oV0 inches. ''o' N-'''
st 4ot a., since the first of the month,
Tides For Today
" rom the Tide Tables published by
o. coast and Geodetic Survey.
Huntington --- 1:52a e:17s
Ma, 2:32p 9:43r
'N'Sohooro Inlet 5:47s
Co.. 12:14p 6:1sr
+, sunrise, 5:33, Sunset 700; Moonrise
LA Moonset o:53p.
NVer stage at Fayetteville 9.S feet
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GREEK FIGHTING
COMES TO CLOSE

ATHENS, Jan. 15.-LP)-Gunfire
between British troops. and those
of the Greek ELIAS organization
ceased throughout Greece at 1901
a. m. in accordance with terms of
the truce signed last week, and
open warfare which had ragged
through the nation since Decem-
Der 3 came to a halt.
Some ELIAS units were said still
to be ignorant of truce terms, but
those in contact with superior Of
ficers have been pulling out OF
areas denied them by the truce
terms.
Reports here said that the ELIAS,
which rose in arms against the
government of former Premier
George Papandreou over the mat
ter of disarming guerrilla armies
in Greece, were everywhere obey
ing the terms OF the truce.
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tankers carrying oil from the rich
Netherland East Indies wells.
One purpose of Halsey's Indo-
China strike certainly was to balk
any Japanese effort to organize a
Luzon reinforcement expedition
Apparently the Japanses have not
had the time nor the ships to mus.
ter such a force there.
During the same period as the
carrier strikes from Saigon to Ia
kao on Formosa, Army, Navy and
Marine and-based planes pounded
Japanese island bases throughout
the Pacific.
The communicate, the longest is.
sued by the Navy in months, also
reported a japanese "snooper'
planes shot down off Guam Satur
day.
Escorted Amy Liberators from
| the Mariana cascaded SO tons Of
bombs on the once great bastior
of Truk in the Carolines the same
day. Two enemy fighters were
shot down and a third probably
by Lightning Fighters protecting
the B-24's.
| Storage areas at Two Jima il
the Volcanoes blazed after raids Fri
day and Saturday by Liberators 0.
the strategic air force. Rockets
from Marine Mitchells ripped into
a small ship at Haha Jima in the
Bonins.
Navy search planes bombed ane
strafed Wake Island Friday. Re
turning Ventura pilots said anti
aircraft fire was intense. Two
more days of aerial strikes fur
Their weakened Babelthuap ant
Urukthapel as enemy bases whicl
are under the guns Of American
airfields at Peleliu. Targets of Ma
rine fighters were warehouses
coastal defenses and a drydock
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TOKYO INDIGNANT
AT ALLEGED u. S.
SHRINE BOMBINGS
By The Associated Press

japanese propagandists today
claimed American Superfortress
raiders yesterday bombed the
outer shrine of the Ise Grand
shrine" and called upon the people
of Nippon to form themselves in
to lone ball of fire. in indigna-
ton.
american airmen have been in
structed to concentrate on mill
tary targets and to avoid shrines
and other national monuments.
Press and radio reports, as re-
corded by the Federal Communi-
cations Commission, said Premier
Kuniaki Koiso had left a cabinet
meeting to be received by En-
peror Hirohito after he had tend
cred his sincere apology to his
majesty for the untoward Incl
dent
Koiso's statement, as quoted by
Domei News Agency, said it was
"the first time in the history OF
Japan that the sacred precinct was
defiled by enemy bombs
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WASHINGTON. Jan. Is Up
James F. Byrnes set up a program
today for stripping the least wal
important jobs first in the draft Of
industrial workers aged 26 through
29.
In letter intended to blueprint
the induction of some 100000 IN
dustrial workers this spring, the
War Mobilization Director laid
down priority scale and ask
ed that it be followed by Graft
boards to prevent substantial To-
ses in production.
In general, the Byrnes plan
would postpone the drafting OF "lr-
replaceable' men until depletion
of the pool of workers whose jobs
can be taken by older men, those
with physical impairments, or
women. Replaceable men even in
highest priority work would be
drafted ahead of those in less crit
ical work for whom no substitute
is to be had.
Byrnes said the national list of
Essential activities has been re-
vised in such way as to designate
some industries as critical"
Announcement of this "criticaP'
list - matter of highest impor-
lance to industry, since the desig-
nation will give firm some meas
ure of draft protection for its work
er-can be expected tomorrow, a
War Manpower Commission
spokesman said.
The 100000 men to be Withdrawn
from industry will provide sub
stantial part of the 100000 Undue.
tons planned by the Army and Ma.
Wy before mid-year. Rising produc.
ton schedules will mean addition
of some 100000 men to war indus.
try in the same period, by Army
estimate.
Undersc oring the manpower
problem ahead, the War Produc.
ton Board announced that 10000
more workers will be needed in the
next few months for small arms
ammunition alone. Total United Ma.
tons requirements for bullets ir
1945 will be 9,726, 100000 rounds
more than 1000 bullets per Amer
| lean soldier.
| Byrnes' letter. addressed to Maj
Gen Lewis B. Hershey, Selective
Service Director, said WPB hac
predicted the draft of 1929 mer
would hurt production.
To minimize the expected slump,
Byrnes asked Hershey to request
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MUSTANGS DESTROY
81 GERMAN PLANES

LONDON, Jan. 15.-LR-A group
Of American Mustang fighters
made a surprise raid on two big
German airdromes today, shoot
ing up at least 81 parked aircraft
as nearly 1000 Allied warplanes
from Britain blasted six important
fuel and rail targets in southern
Germany and tn eindustrial Ruhr
valley.
More than 600 u. S. Eighth Air
Force Flying Fortresses and Lib
orators, screened by $50 fighters,
swept over enemy targets without
meeting any Luftwaffe opposition.
Twelve parked planes were de-
stroyed and 10 were badly dam
aged when about so P-51s swoop-
ed over the airdromes at Lands
berg and Oberpfaffenhofen, near
! Munich. -..-.-
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ACL Is Denied Control
OF Florida East Coast

Permissible capitalization of the
reorganized company is increased
from $37.OO0,000, including equip.
ment obligations, to $40, $780, 900, ex-
elusive of equipment obligations
which will be assumed by the re-
organized company.
At the discretion of the court
cash may be distributed to first
and refunding mortgage bondhold.
ers only after reserve of not less
than S8,700,000 is set up for cash
requirements for reorganization
and physical Improvements.
Such cash distributions, permits
sible after the effective date O.
the plan, would be applied first te
payment of interest or principa
on new first mortgage Series a
bonds
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U. S. ABANDONING
HULL'SFO FORMULA
Continued from Page One)

But merely some divergence Of
tactics due to changing conditions
Hull's policies on European dis
putes were given the name Ten
nesse Formula" by former Prime
Minister Mikolajczyk of Poland
The name has gained some cur
rency in European embassies here
1t has not, however, been USED al
the State Department.
Mikolajczyk attributed to the
Tennessee Formula" the fact that
after successful conferences witt
American officials last summer
both Prime Minister Churchill anc
he rushed to Moscow to find ou'
what they could actually count or
in the way of cooperation in Eu
rope
What Mikolajczyk was told here.
according to the report in dlplo
matte circles, was summed up by
Secretary Hull in an illustrator
drawn from his own Tennessee
hills.
When there was trouble between
two of his neighbors down in Ten
nesse, Hull said, he would mo-
himself become involved in the dis
pute nor try to settle it. Rather
he said, he would try to get the
men together on speaking terms
and hope that they would solve
their difficultie for themselves.
when they have reconciled thel1
differences Hull is reported t.
have said, land are ready to 81
down together like good neighbor'
then I'll be glad to go over ane
have drink with both of them. ;
Under this formula the United
States limited it's official attitude
toward Poland to offering to seek
resumption of diplomatic relations
between Moscow and the Polish
government at London.
Churchill "got the Tennessee
Formula too" one diplomat said
when he sought some indications
of American support for British
policies in the European area, par
ticluarly, as in the Balkans, where
they might come into conflict with
the hopes and fears of Russia.
At the present there are three
principal plans for more direc'
American participation in Euro
pean affairs which would be aimee
at striking a balance between the
aims of Russia and Britain and thu
principle of national independence
and self determination supported
by American leaders.
The methods considered are CA
periodic meetings of Anglo-Ameri
can-Russian foreign minister's OBJ
creation of some sort of provision
al world council to act in the name
of the United Nations and CO. or
ganization of Allied commissions II
handle the problems of Liberated
European countries
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Byrnes Outlines Program
For Stripping War Jobs

local boards to give consideta
ton to a priority of Withdrawals
which would call Gin order listed
81. Registrars not employed ii
any of the activities on the lift 60.
essential activities).
SO. Registrars engaged in rela
lively unimportant jobs in the es
sential but not critical activities
and registrants who may be re
placed without difficulty.
SO. Registrars employed in rel
atively unimportant jobs in critical
war programs, and registrants in
such programs who may be re.
placed without difficulty.
~. Registrars engaged in rela.
lively more important jobs in es.
sential but not critical activities.
rs. Registrars engaged in more
important jobs in critical activi-
ties
Government officials voiced the
belief that military needs could be
met without dipping into the highly
trained and skilled group of men in
the fifth category.
Byrnes asked special considera
ton for technical, scientific and
research personnel engaged in the
essential activities if such person
, mel no longer can be replaced
Gen. Hershey is reported relia
bly, to have warned Byrnes, in re-
cent conferences, that draft boards
could not be bound arbitrarily by
the rules laid down and must con.
tinue to adapt the policies to Local
and individual circumstances.
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1000 TRUSSES
TO BE GIVEN AWAY
THIS MONTH

Kansas City, Mo.-A Doctor s
Invention for reducible rupture is
proving so successful an offer is
now being made to give everyone
who tries it a $3.50 Truss at no
cost. This invention has no leg
straps, no elastic belts, or leather
bands. 1t holds rupture up and
in. Is comfortable and easy to
wear. After using it many report
entire satisfaction. Any reader of
this paper may try the Doctor S
! Invention for 80 days and receive
the separate $3.50 Truss at nc
cost. If you are not entirely sat
isfied with the invention-retufr
it, but be sure to keep the $3.50
Truss for your trouble. If you
are ruptured just write the Ply
sician's Appliance Co., 1887 Koch
Bldg, 1905 Main ST., Kansas City
Mo-. for their trial offer.
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WASHINGTON, Jan. Is Up -
A drastically changed reorganiza-
ton plan for the Florida East
Coast Railway Co. was approved
today by the interstate Commerce
Commission.
At the same time, the Commits
sion rejected proposal which it
said would have transferred con-
troll to the Atlantic Coast Line Rail
road Co. A voting trust for new
common stock also will be created.
Representing extensive modifi-
cations of an earlier reorganiza
ton proposal, the new plan changes
the effective date from January l.,
1912, to January /. 1915, and stipu
lates that an outstanding first
mortgage must be paid in full and
in cash.
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CITIZENS PRAISE.
PAGES WORK IN
DAVIS REOPENING
Continued from Page One)

L
part, addressing his statement to
Mr.. Page, land benefited thou
sands of people who will never
know you had anything to do with
it. We know you must feel much
satisfaction in this accomplish
ment, and hope you will let US
express our grateful thanks
Orders for transfer of Camp Da-
Wis facilities to the jurisdiction OF
Gen. H. H. Arnold, commanding
general of the Army Air Forces,
were issued by the War Depart
ment last week.
"The board realized" Mr.. Ra.
ney's message to Mr.. Page said
that you had no motives of self.
aggrandizement in all this difficult
and trying effort. Still, the mem.
bers felt very keenly the debt the
community owed you. debt
which only a few would be in pc.
sition to appreciate.
Mr.. Raney's tribute pointed Out
that bringing the War Depart
ment's attention to bear on Gang
Davis was accomplihed against
tremendous odds. In the Fourth
Service Command alone there
have been at least five major com
munities interested in securing ar
Air Forces center of the sort pro
| iected for Camp Davis.
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Burgaw Lodge Appoints
Ten Officers For 1916

J. C. Hobbs, Of Wilmington,
Grand Master of the Grand Lodge
of Masons of North Carolina, yes
,terday installed the newly elected
and appointed officers of King
Solomon lodge Number 1873, of
,BurgaW, which is entering its 94th
year.
Officers installed were Jephthah
Casey, master; J. R. Lewis, senior
warden; R. R. Rich, junior war
den; T. T. Murphy. secretary;
Clifton L. Moore, senior deacon;
&C. F. Mallard, Jr., junior deacon;
Lewis Shields, senior steward;
D. o. Matthews, tyler; and the
Rev. 1. ]. StraWbridge, cha plain.
The Rev. P. L. Clark was also
Installed as grand chaplain of
: The Grand Lodge of North Carolina
at the same meeting.