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VAR IN SICILY moves rapidly irt;na War Secretary Says Heavy Fighting In Prospect Soon .^HINGTON. July 15.—<A>!— ■ a forces in Sicily have moved A“ ,rl0re rapidly than expected {i[ . heaVy fighting” is in prospect bu] re conquest of the island is be nfeted acting Secretary of War cnrrP . Patterson predicted today, ‘that “in the center of the , a "and along the northern ' ct Italian and German forces cos :v naturally strong positions” ocC,UP',.e favored by good lines of communication, Patterson told a pr-Ou-C0''oodenfCortune in escaping heavy losses at the beaches may be repeated in subsequent op *r*it°has been estimated that up of 300.000 Axis troops, in cluding 60,000 Germans, are de Cl .. * cjpiiy They are capable TsTong resistance, and they may be readily reinforced from the T'alian mainland. ... Since swarming onto the island , ,he toe of the Italian boot, Ai red" forces have swung far inland capturing the entire southeastern " ,ier of the island, including cveral good ports and airfields rom which fighter planes already re harrassing Axis troop concen trations, the acting secretary re ported. Now, he continued, the current nhase of operations on Sicily has become "consolidating and enlarg ing our beachheads, reinforcing and supplying our troops, ad vancing inland and preparing to meet the inevitable counterattacks of the mobile forces of the Axis.” Motorists Are Hard To Convince On Gas Ration Curtailment Viilmingtonians have been told, lime and again, that they cannot get supplementary gasoline for long trips, but -many will not take ■■no" for an answer, the chairman of the New Hanover War Price and Ration board said Thursday. The chairman reported that 75 requests for long trip gasoline are on his desk now, none of which will be honored. Requests come in at the rate of about 10 a day. now that vacation time is imminent, he said. The official added that requests for supplementary gasoline to at tend funerals and to visit the sick are not legitimate. Drivers who cannot accomplish these trips on "A" ration gasoline will have to remain at home. it Saves * sheDav ...\ _ \ ^ ^ CORN FLAKES UUIItlUltnilRlIIIII WUIUI'lMOl — .11 *7Ae 0\iy*n&l ■ — Kellogg's Corn Flakes are re- *" ,'" stored to WHOLE GRAIN NO- -ifaflfaLi* - tritive values of Thiamin iVitaminBi), Niacin and Iron. — ■ - tin fi cii 1111 cm mi. linn in ft fiHUH 1 — I SINCE 1892 KINSEY blended whiskey 86.8 Proof 65% Groin Neutral Spirit* KWSEY DISTILLING CORPORATION, LinfleM, Pennsylvania II P_History Has Many Precedents For Today’s Attack The Allied invasion of Sicily is a repetition of history. This island was originally settled by Italian '"vi?der* •" the 11th century B. C. 300 years later Phoenicians from seized points in western Sicily followed by Greeks from Asia Minor and Euboea. Down through the centuries hordes oKCartha^ ginians, Romans, Vandals and 5pomords, the latter in the 18th |_^^^^^century, invaded Roman soldiers seized Messina, 284 B. C„ and acquired all of Sicily by treaty with Carthage in 241 B. C. Turks attacked during period 1528-70 Greek troops led by Theocles took Taor mina, 735 B. C. The Mohammedans from the south besieged Syracuse, 877 A. D., and Normans swept east coast during 30 year conquest in the late 11th century. Hannibal led Carthaginians against Sicily 409-367 B. C-, lost island to Romans in Punic War, then won Sicily back. Saracens from Africa plundered islond 827 A. D., German emperor Henry VI conquered it 1194, Spaniards invaded 1718, captured the island 1734, and it eventually j^^^^reverte^^talia^ul^^^^^^ sho^aSdatesS ^d”routesPof' t»”evionrs Srnnmi fT the ^'d-Mediterranean island has been a battleground down through the centuries. Map es antt routes ot previous conquests, all topped in magnitu de by current Allied assault.___ Italian Utticers taken On Sicily Express Amity For English People By NOEL MONKS Correspondent of the London Daily Mail Distributed by the Associated Press ABOARD AN ALLIED DES TROYER IN THE MEDITER RANEAN. July 14. —(delayed) — Seated beside me in the ward room of this destroyer is the bulky 55-year-old Italian general by the name of Achille D’Avet, captured in the Allied advance in Sicily. He is trying to read what I am typing but his watery blue eyes are drooping with sleep and his massive, close-cropped head is nodding with fatigue. He rouses himself with an ef fort and says in a husky voice: “Telit—tella da English peoples we thinks kindly of them, and tella my wife in Roma that I fight lika da gentleman until up comes this very fine gentleman Montgomery.” It is stifling hot in the ward room but Achille D'Avet is clad in full kit—the kit of an Italian general in the field. In the middle of three rows of decorations nestles the ribbon of a British military medal, but I suppose it’s just another color patch to Achille D'Avet. He makes a fresh effort. “And now,” he says, with what seems a trace of hope in his voice, ‘‘We go to Engand, no?” At this, another Italian sitting opposite, says quickly in good English, “Yes, yes to England we hope. If it cannot be Italy then let it be England.” This man is about half as big as Achille, is bald-headed, 10 years younger and has sparkling blue eyes. He is dressed in the winter rig of Italian naval captain. Bruno Preney is his name and New Baguloi street in Naples is where he hoped to retire after the prospective defeat of the British in 1940. General D’Avet is the first Ital ian general in Sicily to fall into the hands of that great collector of Italian generals, Gen. Sir Bern ard L. Montgomery. Capt. Preney is, or was until 24 hours ago, his naval liaison officer. I’ve had the haggard general and the smiling captain on my hands because those officers who are not running the ship are sleeping in bunks for the first time since we began the invasion of Sicily five days ago. The general was too weary to go into details of his downfall— he surrendered just south of Syra cuse—beyond telling me in a tone that suggested he was piqued that he had expected us to land in Si cily on June 6. When I told him that was just Mussolini’s guess, he threw out hs hands in that grand macaronial gesture and said, “Ah, ah politics,” and let his head sink between his hands. The little captain, however, was eager to tell his story. He was very upset, he said, that Mussolini didn’t send the Italian fleet to protect Sicily. “Of what use is a naval liaison officer without a navy at his back,” he asked me. He blamed the German air force for not picking up our great in vasion armada at sea (I smiled at this and he hastily added, “ard the Italian air force.”) He and the general were just rising from a leisurely dinner when the news was brought to them of our parachute troops land ing Saturday night. “We thought it was just a sabo “and we sent word through to Rome. My general, who was divi tage raid,” the captain told me, sional commander for all the in vasion area, thought the Allies would not invade in moonlght, and proceeded to take steps to deal with parachute troops. But suddenly everything went poof. “In daylight, when our planes reported that many more than 1,000 ships were anchored along the coast discharging troops and guns we felt terrible.” The little captain shuddered. “We knew this was serious. Not one word had we from Rome: alas, never again did we hear from Rome. We knew it was too big for us. “Then came Gen. Montgomery’s men, about whom we had heard, and we thought it would be hon orable to surrender to such hon orable soldiers like the Eighth Army. So we surrendered.” The general and captain have made one request of me. It was this, “Tell the BBC to mention our names; then our people will know we are safe.” _v IN SAFETY BOXES SHORTAGE GROV.'S MINNEEAPOLIS—CP)—A short age creeping up on the U. S. pub lic will soon be found in safety deposit boxes. Wage earners clutching War Bonds in their hands have swarmed into banks and trust companies in recent months and rented safety boxes for the first time in their lives, reports the Northwestern National Life In surance Company. Prior to the outbreak of war, an estimated 50 per cent of the ap proximately 11,000,000 safety de posit boxes in the United States were rented. Today the occupancy figure is estimated at 75 to 80 per cent. By the year's end there will be no smaller boxes vacant in many regions, bank officials pre dict. Sued By U. S. G. W. Vaughan, president of Curtiss-Wright aircraft and chair man of the bbard of Wright Aero nautical plant at Lockland, O., heads list of defendants in gov ernment suit charging delivery of “defective and substandard’’ plane equipment to our fighting forces. ANOTHER CANDIDATE Elmer Davis, 605 South Twelfth street, is a candidate for the “most honest man” crown. Mr. Davis recently found a tin box containing 9,000 gallons in fuel oil coupons. He prompt ly turned it over to the police. The chairman of the New Hanover War Price and Ra tion board explained Thursday afternoon that the coupons had expired, but that there are deal ers who would not hesitate to accept them. He commended Davis for his prompt and hon est action. AIRLINES URGE WORLD SKYWAY Most Of Carriers Join In Asking For Free In ternational Routes WASHINGTON, July 15. — (A>) — Most of the nation’s airlines join ed today in asking that the world skyways be opened to all after the war, with private ownership and operation fostered and encour aged by the government. The declaration of principle, signed by 16 companies at the con clusion of a five-day conference made it clear that the American carriers were willing to exchange freely the rights they sought in other countries. The statement was in the form of a supplement to a reply made jointly to questions on post-war air problems posed by the Civil Aeronautics Board. This statement served also as a formal notice to the CAB that the signing com panies would file applications for certificates to operate on world wide routes. The government was asked to preserve for United States air lines the use of facilities which this country has been installing all over the world for military purposes, to plan for exchange of the right of innocent passage over foreign countries, and help the carriers prepare for the future develop ments in aircraft manufacture. Missing from the list of signers were United Air Lines, a nation wide carrier; Pan American Air ways, largest operator in the in ternational field, and American Export Airlines, which had begun to enter the Atlantic field when the war began. United said in a statement that it had declined to sign because Next time you need calomel take Calotabs, the Improved calomel compound tablets that make calo mel-taking pleasant. Sugar-coated, agreeable, prompt, and effective. 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