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AIR FORCE LOSES
4TH CHINESE BASI
CHUNGKING, Oct. I— (J) —Th
Japanese offensive that swep
through Hunan and on sout
through Kwangsi province ha
driven the American air fore
from a forth base. Gen Joseph W
Stilwell’s headquarters admittei
today.
The advanced base at Tanchu]
was “evacuated and destroys
several days ago,” it was an
nounced, in advance of Japanesi
forces that cut through the south
crn part of Kwangsi province
Touchuk is 47 miles west of Wu
chow, Kwangsi river port. Botl
fell in a lightning enemy drive.
Despite the loss of this base, thi
Fourteen Air Force struck re
peatedly with fighters and fight
ei-bombers at Japanese force:
in Kwangsi province.
Major Gen. Claire L. Chennault’i
air force previously had beet
forced from bases at Hengyanj
and Lingling in Hunan provinci
and Kewilin, in Kwangsi.
While the Japanese still are a
least 30 miles from Kweilin
provisional Kwangsi capital, out
flanking thrusts to the south, a!
Wfll as the frontal manace
prompted the air force to relin
quish its base there some time
ago.
The Chinese high command re
ported no further Japanese gain!
today in the enemy drive or
Kweilin, but reported street, fight
ing still raged in Paoching, 14(
miles north.
From the base at Paoching the
Chinese have been harassing the
right flank of the Japanese drive
on Kweilin, and the enemy com
mand apparently decided to knock
out the Germans here before re
suming the southward drive, part
of the strategy to split China in
half.
BRAZILIAN GIVEN
COMMAND IN ITALY
WITH THE FIFTH ARMY IN
ITALY. Oct. 1.—Gen. Euricc
Gaspar Dutra. Brazilian ministei
of war, has been assigned by Lt
Gen. Mark Clark to temporarj
command of a sector on the Fiftt
Army front which is held by Bra
zip an, American and British troops
The war minister, who has beer
making a close inspection of al
Brazilian and Fifth Armjr installa
tionz in this theater, will returr
to Brazil after his temporary com
mand. General Clark’s headquar
ters announced.
Dutra and his party moved ug
today through the rugged moun
tains held by the Brazilians anc
made a personal visit to some for
ward positions He drove ovei
roads clawe' out of the moun
tains by Brazilian engineers anc
over bridges they had constructec
after the Germans had hastily de
stroyed spans in their retreat.
Dewey Spends Sunday
Quietly With Family
ALBANY, N. Y„ Oct. 1.—(iP>
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey, relaxing
before his return this week to ac
five campaigning as the Republi
can presidential nominee, spent {
quiet Sunday with his family.
After attending church services
the Deweys returned to the execu
tive mansion, where a small birth
day party will be given tomorrow
for their older son, Thomas E. Jr.,
who will be 12.
The governor, who will spenc
most of next week disposing o
state business that accumulatec
during his three-week cross-coun
try trip, is expected to leave foi
New York Friday on another cam
paign journey. He will go at leas
as far as Charleston, W. Va., foi
a major speech Saturday night.
He is scheduled to speak in Chi
cago and Minneapolis late thi:
month and in Boston on Nov. 1.
Disguise Fails
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Nicolas De Wilde. Dutche quis
ling who became a Gestapo leader
in Holland, must have been quite
proud of the dashing figure he cut
in his Nazi uniform, as seen in
top photo. However, Hitler’s habili
ment became a handicap when Al
lied liberation forces arrived in
Holland, so he ditched the gaudy
uniform, switched to drab “civ
vies.” The disguise failed. He’s
pictured, bottom, after his capture
by a V. S. Counter Intelligence
! officer.
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EISENHOWER BIDS
AUSTRIA BE READY
LONDON, Oct. 1.—UP)—A spokes
man for General Eisenhower told
the Austrians in a broadcast to
night “to prepare for the arrival
of the Allies.”
“The time has come tor Austri
ans to give positive and active
proof of their willingness to dis
sociate themselves from their
German masters,” the supreme
commander said in official in
structions broadcast at 1:30 p. m.
(EWT).
“Austrians, in town and country,
■ should form in all their local com
munities clandestine committees
for the arrival of the Allies. These
committees should be ready to
provide all possible help for the
Allies in regard to administration
of local affairs; the purge of the
Nazis, the preparation of black
and white lists and the preserva
tion of food stocks together with a
safeguarding of transport and ma
chinery.”
The Austrians were told if these
' instructions were followed, the
chances of Austria becoming a
. devastated theater of war — as
■ the Nazis wish it to become —
. would be lessened.
MOSCOW SPEAKS
LONDON, Sunday, Oct. 1.—CZP)—
- The Moscow radio called on Aus
i trians today to “start a civil war
now” and to strike boldly and
quickly to help aid Allied strategy.
The broadcast, recorded by Reu
ters, said: “All German adminis
tration officers in Austria must
get a bullet through their hearts.
You can help finish this war be
fore the end of this year.”
The Moscow radio said that
more than 10,000 Austrians had
been thrown into concentration
camps by Gestapo chief Heinrich
Hammier. Dr. Karl Seitz, former
socialist mayor of Vienna, was
among those arrested.
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Combat Wounded Moved
From Shipside To Train
CHARLESTON, Oct. 1.—UP)—The
first direct transfer of combat
wounded from a hospital ship to
I a . hospital train was made today
when the hospital ship Jarret M.
Huddleston delivered a ship load
of Normandy campaign casualties
from a United Kingdom port.
Twenty railroad cars, including
two medical department kitchen
cars, were made up into a com
plete hospital train on the port
sidings and switched to tracks
along the wharf. The patients were
moved directly from the ship’s
wards to the cars. .
The special train will transport
most of the men to the Oliver
General hospital in Augusta, Ga.
Movement to the Augusta hospital
was made necessary by the recent
' heavy schedule of hospital ships
that have docked at Charleston.
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RATES REDUCED
RALEIGH, Oct. 1. —UP)— Insur
ance Commissioner William P.
Hodges today announced that an
I average over-all reduction of 9.9
per cent has been made in work
i men’s compensation insurance
rates effective October 1 and ap
plicable to new and renewal busi
ness only.
[southern teams
UPSET GUESSERS
RICHMOND, Va„ Oct. 1.—155—
The Southern Conference football
squads took a real battering from
outside foes Saturday and North
Carolina State emerged unexpect
edly with the only major scalp of
the day.
An underdog state-eleven won a
weird contest from the University
of Virginia’s V-12, 13-0, by recov
ering two Cavalier fumbles beyqpd
the goal line in the final period.
Virginia had been biting off tre
mendous hunks of yardage all af
ternoon but failed to punch over
a score.
Favored Duke went down before
a determined young Penn team,
18-7. Little Catawba tripped V. M.
I. 7-6 to spoil the cadets’ home
coming day, Georgia Navy proved
to strong for South Carolina’s
promising gamecocks, 20-14. Army
crushed north Carolina, 46-0. Geor
gia Tech smashed Clemson 51-0.
All in all, it was one of the
darkest Saturdays in conference
history. Aside from N. C. State’s
triumph the only other brighten
ers were William and Mary’s 46-0
verdict over Fort Monroe and
Richmond’s 34-0 decision over the
Rchmond Army Air Base, both be
ing expected over none too strong
corui no orfrtrfiffaiinnc
Loop members will pay more
attention to their own pennant
race next Saturday with three
family scraps on the docket. Mary
land plays at Wake Forest, V. M.
I. at Richmond and N. C. State
Clemson at Charlotte in the games
which will count in the standings.
Wake Forest with a win over
North Carolina and Duke with a
success over Richmond are lead
ing the race so far. No other con
ference games have been played.
Wake Forest has one of the strong
est civilian elevens in this section
and followed up the Carolina tri
umph with a 14-7 score over Geor
gia on Friday night. Maryland
bowed to Hampden-Sydney 12-0 on
the same night.
North Carolina will carry on the
inter-conference rivalry Saturday
by meeting Georgia Tech of the
Southeastern at Atlanta. Duke
catches the surprising N. C. Navy
Pre-Flighters who sprang the
East’s biggest upset Saturday in
toppling Navy at Annapolis. South
Carolina travels to Miami. Wil
liam and Mary meets the strong
Hampden-Sydney club at Rich
mond Friday night.
The standings:
W L Pf Pa
Duke -. 1 0 61 7
Wake Forest _- 10 7 0
North Carolina__ 0 10 7
Richmond _- 0 1 7 61
Clemson _- 0 0 0 0
South Carolina _- 0 0 0 0
V. M. I. ..- 0 0 0 0
N. C. State .. 0 0 0 0
W. and M. . 0 0 0 0
Richmond _ 0 0 0 0
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GREMLINS BLAMED
FOR GHOST PLANE
By DWIGHT L. PITKIN
A UNITED STATES BOMBER
BASE, East Anglia, Britain, Oct. L
UP)—Lt. Clifton W. Eccles said to
day the Gremlins must have tak
en over the flying fortress “Mel
ancholy Baby” after it was aban
doned by its crew and flew 600
miles across England, Eire and
out over the Atlantic before RAF
fighters shot it down.
Eccles of route 2, Duke, Okla.,
a veteran of ten bomber missions
over Germany, explained how
Melancholy Baby became a ghost
raider setting off alerts in Liver
pool and a number of midlands and
Wales towns.
“George (the automatic pilot)
must have fallen down on the job,”
he declared. “But the Gremlins
must have had a hand in it bj
taking over the ship when w«
bailed out.”
Eccles ordered the crew to par
achute when, one engine caughl
fire and then jumped himself af
ter setting the automatic pilot tc
take the ship up the North Sea.
“Only ten minutes previously w<
had taken off on a bombing mis
sion to Germany,” Eccles said
“We had reached 2,500 feet whet
I saw that one engine was it
flames. The seat of the trouble
was far too close to our full loa<
of gasoline for me to be very hap
py about it. For a quarter of at
hour fire extinguishers pourec
foam on the engine while I threw
the ship about all over the place
“We thought that we could drowi
the fire or blow it out but I saw
it was hopeless. Turning back in
land I ordered my crew to jumi
and when the last man had gone
I headed out to sea again, set the
automatic pilot so that the shi;
was certain to crash into the drill!
and then bailed out myself.
“It was the first time I hac
taken up this Gremlin-ridden Mel
ancholy Baby and I did not expecl
to hear from her again.”
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Barging Lady Hands
Up New Track Record
AGUA CALIENTE, Mex., Oct.
1——Hanging up a new track
record of 1:23 3-5 for seven fur
longs, Roy Beagel’s 3-year-old fil
ly, Barging Lady, again trounced
a band of aged stars in the Handy
Mandy handicap today under
guindance of Jockey Bobby War
ren. The old record of 1:24 was
held jointly by Gaillardia and
Faithful Maud.
Barging Lady paid $5.00, $4.00
and $2.60, with Mrs. A. V. Mellen's
Riskaduce finishing second a1
$6.00 and $3.00 and Bert McFar
land’* My Universe third at $3.00.
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Obituaries
MRS. MARY E. GARRETT
Funeral services lor Mrs. Mary
E. Garrett, 86, of Seagate who died
Saturday night at the New Han
over county home after an illness
of two years, will be held at 11 o’
clock this morning at Yopp funeral
home, with the Rev. J. E. Allard
officiating.
Burial will follow at Seagate
Deceased is survived by six
grandchildren, Mrs. Eugene Cana
dy of Wilmington, H. P. Hayes of
Miami, Mrs. Geo. Wallen of Nor
folk, Sgt. F. B. Kelly of Camp
Blanding, Fla., D. Odeu of Detroit,
and Thomas Odeu, U. S. Army.
Active pallbearers are H- T. Can
ady, R. H. Mathews, Carlton Brad
shaw, Earnest Larson, Russell
Brock and E. L. Rogers.
W. M. CHINNIS, SR.
W. M. Chinnis, Sr., 2319
Market St., died suddenly at 10
a.m. yesterday in the Veteran’s
hospital at Augusta, Ga.
He is survived by his widow, one
son, W. M. Chinnis, Jr., of Wil
mington, his mother, Mrs. Carrie
Williams, a brother, H. L. Chinnis,
both of St. Petersburg, Fla.
Funeral arrangements will be
announced later.
MRS. ELIZABETH P. MOORE
Funeral services for Mrs. Eliza
beth P. Moore, of Delco, widow of
Dr- T. V. Moore, who died at James
Walker Memorial hospital Satur
day afternoon, will be held at 11 o'
clock this morning at the residence
in Delco. Dr. Karey Blain will of
ficiate.
Interment will follow in the Wey
man church cemetery.
She is survived by two daugh
ters, Mrs. Armoret Bell of Lewis
burg, W. Va., and Mrs. Bettie Lee
of Delco; one brother, Capt. K. J.
Powers, U. S. Merchant Marine;
and eight grandchildren.
SIR. WILLIAM MULOCK
TORONTO, Oct- 1. —(IP)— Sir
William Mulock, 101-year-old chan
cellor of the University of Toronto,
died today.
Sir William was a former chief
justice of Ontario and was the
last surviving member of the dom
inion cabinet of Sir Wilfred Laur
ier, in which he served as post
master general.
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A compilation made a number
of years ago showed that abnor
mally tall men tend to die young.
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ALUED FORCES
GAIN IN ORIENT
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service and probably destroyed
four parked planes. Coastal ship
ping also was hit.
The 30-day bag of Japanese
shipping included a seaplane ten
der and two destroyer escorts
sunk; 68 vessels ranging from 2,
000 to 10,000 tons, sunk or destroy
ed, and 38 ships damaged. The
figure also covered 111 barges and
small coastal vessels, important
craft in the enemy’s hard-hit sup
ply lines, sunk or damaged.
MORE WAR MATERIALS
HONOLULU, Oct. 1— UP] —Adm.
Chester W. Nimitz called for in
creased war production today in
a statement terming Hawaii and
the west coast the “forward
echelon of America’s arsenal of
Democracy.”
Hawaii’s task,”'he said, “is to
repair ships and planes and to
keep supplies moving to battle
areas in a steady stream.
“The people of Hawaii and the
thousands of men and women who
came here from the mainland are
contributing in large measure to
the success of our armed forces.
“After the fall of Germany, the
need for manpower in Hawaii will
be greater. Activities in these is
lands will be intensified.
“This also will be true of the
west coast, whieb will increase
tremendously in importanc? as a
great staging area.
“As we push the Pacific front
forward, an accelerated effort on
the part of every person, man and
woman, now on the job or who
can take a job” will be needed,
Nimitz said.
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Insurance Company Head
Acting Red Cross Chief
NEW YORK, Oct. 1.—CP)—Dr.
Louis I. Dublin, on leave of ab
sence from the Metropolitan Life
Insurance company, today assum
ed national directorship of the
Red Cross in the absence abroad
of its chairman, Basil OConnor,
the Red Cross announced tonight.
O’Connor has left for France
and Great Britain to confer with
‘American military leaders and in
spect Red Cross operations.
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City Briefs
W. H. S. MEETING
The W. H. S. class will meet
tomorrow night at 8 o’clock at
the home of Mrs. 'T. H. Hash
agen at 119 Colonial Village.
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MINISTER’S MEETING
The October meeting of the
Ministers’ Association will be j
held at -11 o’clock this morning
at the Industrial U. S. O. at
£23 Princess Street.
FELLOWSHIP CLASS
The McClure Fellowship Bi
ble class will hold its first ses
sion at the Y. M. C- A. at 6:30
tonight with a fellowship sup
per. The Rev. Sam Vander
Meer, assistant pastor of the
First Presbyterian church will
teach the International Sunday
school lesson for the following
Sunday.
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Dover Goes Numb
As Shelling Ends
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026 shells, he said, “we’ll dp
the best we can.'’
The people learned to take
shelter q*uickly. So the shells
killed a total of only 107 and
seriously wounded 200. Many
spent Saturday night, their
first night of liberation, in the
shelters as usual.
They didn’t have any other |
place to go.
The symbolism of Dover as
the nearest point to the enemy
coast—as the town over which
the Battle of Britain was fought
and won four years ago — is
talked about least here in
Dover.
But they realize it neverthe
less. The taxiwoman looked out
across the 20-mile channel and
said softly “that little drop of
water just saved England.’’
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DR. DAVIDSON CHOSEN
WASHINGTON, Oct. 1.—(A>)—
Dr. Wilburt C. Davidson, dean and
professor of pediatrics at the Dtike
University Medical school, has
been named to a special American
Red Cross committee to survey
its medical and health operations
and to recommend postwar plans.
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BUY WAR BONDS AND STAMPS
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Drinks Rubbing Alcohol;
Is In Coma At Hospital
A white man identified by his'
Landlady and by letters found in
his pockets as James W. Hudging,
212 North Fourth St., was taken
to James Walker Memorial hos
pital Sunday night in an uncon
scious condition, said by investi
gating police officers to be due to
drinking rubbing alcohol. The of
ficers reported finding one empty
and one partially empty bottle of
this liquid in his room.
They further said his landlady
had called a physician earlier in
the day and that Hudging had
been removed to the hospital when
he failed to recover consciousness.
He was still in a coma at midnight.
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Former U. S. Ambassador
Recovering From Poison
WASHINGTON. Oct. 2.—CT)—Jo
seph E. Davies, former U. S. am-j
bassador to Russia who has been
suffering from food poisoning, i
probably will return to work with
in a few days, his physician said
tonight.
Davies was stricken at a lunch
eon Wednesday and fell as he
started to leave the#table, injuring
his head.
Dr. Walter A. Bloedorn said Da
vies was now in ‘'excellent’’ con
dition and ttiVt he haa been per
mitted to leave lfis bed today.
MEXICAN FLOOD
TOLL IS HEAVY
MEXICO CITY, Oct. 1.— W) —
Government officials expressed
grave fears today that 200 or 300
deaths from drowning had occurred
in floods caused by heavy rains
in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec re
gion.
They also were alarmed over
the danger of epidemics through
out southeastern Mexico, where
whole towns and villages have
been washed away and thousands
of people, homeless and hungry,
are marooned by the inundations.
These people are crowded to
gether in large numbers in some
localities. Sources of drinking wa
ter have been contaminated by the
floods, which will not subside for
many days, although the heavy
rains have ceased.
Epidemics of amoebic dysentery,
typhoid or other intestinal di
seases would cause heavy mortali
ty.
The federal health and military
authorities are sending out physi
cians and nurses with medicines,
vaccines and supplies to care for
those who are endangered.
In this they are enormously han
dicapped by the disruption of rail,
airplane and wire communications
throughout Vera Cruz, Oaxaca and
Chiapas (on the Guatemalan fron
tier). which are the states most
affected.
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