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Burnt Naples
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flict vengeance on the Italians for
surrenderin unconditionally ' and
1 irreparably shattering the axis.
A dense pall of smoke has been
' hanging over Naples-for days.
Latest reports say many bodies
r aire buried beneath the ; debris.
. Others, including those of civil
ians and disarmed Italian soldiers
assassinated by the Germans, still
lie in the streets. , '
.. .The tragedy which.had befallen
I Naples, one of the world's most
beautiful cities because of . the
.scenic splendor of its bay and the
mountains rising from the sea,
. approaches that which descended
upon nearby Pompei in ancient
times when it was shaken by an
earthquake, .engulfed by a tidal
wave and covered with ashes by
an eruption of Vesuvius.
Nine tenths of the Neapoli-.
: tans did not ' stay to see the .
last lurid days under the Ger-
..jnaas. They fled to the hills leng
, are. These who did remain liv-
t ed under a reign of terror : In
which the Germans were shoot
In Italians and looting their
homes.
. The Germans burned down the
.University of Naples .after four
, otudents had killed a German of
ficer. They sacked the city's fa
mous aquarium. Refugees report
ed that the nearby street was
strewn with rare specimens of
fish and a collection of octopi for
which the institution was known.
i One dispatch said the beauti-
ful San Carlo opera house had
been burned. ;
- The loss of Naples undoubtedly
; will compel the Germans to pull
' back farther In the central and
Adriatic areas, where the eighth
army is exerting steady pressure.
Naples, a metropolis of 925,000
' people, fell 22 days after the fifth
army landed under heavy German
f fre on the beaches of the Gulf
of Salerno, some 30 miles to the
south.
Gruelling fighting ' has raged
throughout that period, with the
'allies all but driven back into
' the sea in the first few days. Then
' they had to batter their way
through rugged mountain posi
tions which gave all the advantage
to the enemy. -
But the fifth day was aided by
an air force which had complete
mastery of the air throughout the
' campaign, and by American and
British navies which shelled en
emy positions from the seaJ Every
' important German position in the
: Naples area was shattered, and
tonight the enemy still was in or
derly retreat to the north.
Allied military' g-ovenunent
officers entered Naples today to
start their staggering- task.,
. Scores of thousands of Neapoli
tans are expected to retain
; shortly - from their mountain
hideaways.:
- The city's gas, street car and
electric systems have been wreck
ed. Water is short and a large
' percentage of homes lie in ruins.
": Naples was primarily a city of
poor people living in tenements
"whose squalor contrasted sharply
- with ' the sublime beauty of the
city's natural surroundings.
' Getting food into the city for
' the poor will be a major problem.
- v The destruction of Naples is so
great that it will require years to
restore "the . pride of southern
Italy." . , ., , ... ' .
(The British radio said ' the
main body -of the fifth army was
given a tremendous reception by
the Italians when they drove into
. Naples. ' ;
- (The broadcast, ; recorded ; by
- CBS, said: "It was an amazing
'-sight. The citizens crawled out
shattered houses and filled the
streets, shouting and cheering as
our men passed through. They
wero simply delirious with exdte
" ment and 'relief. They swarmed
1 aD around the troops, climbing
- Into the Jeeps and trying. to get
into the 'tanks as they rumbled
' through -tho streets.
(Everywhere there were
crowds of people cheering the
.- British and American troops, em
bracing then and kissing them in
their; joy ,Our. men were never
kissed : so much in their lives as
; they vera today when they
marched into the stricken city.)
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' By SABSL CXHLD3
Many, years ago the world's
most prominent psalmist wrote:
The days of our years are three
score years and ten; and if by
reason of strength they be four
score years, yet is their strength
labour and sorrow, for it is soon
cut off and we fly away.
- Now, I know -very little about
Matilda Bex, who to the allotted
three-score and ten years has
added eight more.- She- Is, you
see, the same age as Elinor Glyn,
who died recently in 'London.
I find in the story that I heard
last night strength that may be
labour, but, to me, is not sorrow.
! For Matilda -Rex (she is Mrs.
Arthur Rex) has worked all sea
son on the night shift at Califor
nia Packing company's plant here.
Have you ever worked "on the
belt?" White-haired, grandmoth
terlyMrs. Rex has. Nor does she
plead illness as often as younger
members of the crew, I am told.
Add life "on the belt" is similar
to the most unpleasant aspect of
life on the ocean wave.
Last night she trimmed beets.
Homemakers who can beets at
home will tell you how the hands
may ache after an hour or two
at the task try putting in a full
day.
V
- You know, some day I hope to
be three score and ten and maybe
eight more years of age if I can
still take an interest in the life
around me and in the Job that
has to be done, and I think I
shall like to remember during the
intervening years the story J.
heard last night about Mrs. Rex
and her work on the night shift.
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feat in the southern Ukraine.
The high command communique
said the Russians lost 149 oat of
259 tanks In a mass attack near
Zaporoshe on the Dnieper river
bend.
i There, where the Dnieper turns
far to the east, the Russians were
said to have attacked with more
than 15 infantry divisions, six tank
brigades and a large number of
artillery formations along a 70
mile front.
A Moscow radio broadcast re
corded by the Soviet monitor said
Russian bombers for the second
straight night pounded Vitebsk,
Orsha and Mogilev in White Rus
sia and Szankoi in the Crimea.
Nazi broadcasts reported some
Russian advance columns had
driven across the mighty Dnieper,
but said they had been hemmed
in and that all Russian attempts
to reinforce them by bringing up
major forces from the east were
frustrated.
' The Russian failure to claim
any crossings indicated they
were still tentative and had not
seriously breached the Dnieper
river defense line.
Through the German broadcasts
ran a new tone of confidence, in
dicating that their hope of holding
the river and stalling the Russian
summer offensive, now n earing
the end of its third month, had
brightened.
1 Neither side mentioned the
Kiev battle, where both sides
appeared to be dag In on oppo
site banks of the Dnieper, hurl
ing shells and bombs at each
other from range of a few hun
dred yards.
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -OR
All varieties of edible tree nuts
will be placed under ceiling prices
soon, the office of price adminis
tration announced today, at levels
about ten cents a pound under pre
sent prices for shelled nuts.
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March 1, 1942, then bureaus arc
created to step in with regulations
which can enforce decrees Gage
declared. : .
Not included amonsr . the euzht
grounds for, rental increase under
rent control is the assertion that
"rent was at depression low" rates
on March 1, 1942. Simply to have
been slow in increasing rentals is
not foundation for an increase, he
said.
Property movement is hampered
and almost non-existent under
rent control, the speaker said, be
cause of regulations which re
quire the seller to receive one
third of the sale price as down
payment, forbid the purchaser
from borrowing for ; that down
payment and give renters the right
to require 90-day notification to
vacate.
Senate Drafts
Resolution on
Foreign Policy
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WASHINGTON, Oct
Working with unexpected speed,
members of a senate foreign re
lations subcommittee ' completed
tonight the preliminary draft of a
post-war foreign policy declara
tion described as more specific
in its terms than the -house-ap
proved Fulbright resolution.
' While the text of the " rough
draft is ' being " kept secret until
committee members can study it
further, it was said authoritative
ly to call for American participa
tion in an international organiza
tion of nations to prevent future
aggression. '
It was described as a compro
mise between the Fulbright pro
posal and the resolution offered
by Senators Ball (R-Minn), Bur
ton (R-Ohio), Hill (D-Ala), and
Hatch (D-NM).
The latter resolution calls for
creation of a permanent United
Nations military force "to sup
press by immediate use of such
force any future attempt at mili
tary aggression by any nation."
The house-approved resolution.
drafted by Rep. Fulbright (D-Ark)
simply would put congress on rec
ord as favoring participation by
this country through its constitu
tional process in "appropriate in
ternational machinery" to pre
serve the peace.
No Laundry
For Silverton
SH.VERTON ':- Silverton mar
have to go dirty this winter, ac
cording to information given out
here late Thursday. A local laun
dry is something Silverton had. be
fore " the " war. In i recent months
soiled clothing has been left at
the Bell's Cleaners here and a Sa
lem laundry wagon picked it up
twice a week. But now even this
service has stopped.
At first it was believed that only
the absence of a driver of he
laundry truck stood in the way
of cleanliness for Silverton. But it
was learned that Salem laundries
really are not eager for Silverton's
wash. However, the commercial
work could be done there, it .was
said, if it were delivered, but at
present no means of delivery has
been figured out ;
The hospital and local restau
rants are among the heavier suf
ferers at Silverton. , j
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wouldn't trade my command for
any other m the army.
"They- feel they've got a chance
to prove they're real Americans
and demonstrate their loyalty. . .
The average - stature of the
whole unit is only five-feet-four,
but the officers have said they can
outmarch and outwork most ordi
nary troops. They: are experts at
taking, cover and advancing with
out disclosing - their 'positions. '
They laugh and joke incessant
ly, exchanging f remarks in that
patois peculiar to Hawaii. - Very
few of them r speak to - people.
They've got something extra to
fight for." "
' Actually, he said, the men
would rather be In the Pacific
fighting the Japanese than the
Germans "but we're saving that
for later."
The officers are . unanimously
enthusiastic about the quality and
spirit of the men. They said they
never had seen any troops train
harder , and more assiduously and
never had any doubt as to what
to expect from them in combat.
They were ashore in Italy only
one day and had just finished or
ganizing their encampment when
a German prisoner was - brought
past the site. He gaped with sur
prise when he saw their faces
and asked if they were Japanese.
An interpreter explained that they
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Postvar Use -Of
Airbases
By J. W. DAVIS
WASHINGTON, Oct.1 1 5S
Freedom of the air should follow
the winning of the war, President
Roosevelt declared today, and he
said Prime Minister Churchill of
Great Britain shares in this be-
'v Saying that he- thinks' mat ev
erything wQl be all right with re
gard to, the peacetime use of air
bases being built abroad by Am
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time, the president sketched
rougidy , for his news , conference
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in which America would: '
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routes competing with lower-cost
foreign ; lines and non-profitable
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northeast coast of New Guinea.
' The communique said the Aus
tralians : are pressing - in from
three points which would place
their nearest forces less ihan half
a mile from the town site.
Sharp; fighting broke out be
tween Australians - jand Japanese
in the Markham valley approxi
mately 60 miles from Madang. an
other "Japanese strong point on
the northeast New Guinea coast.
. The clash . occurred when our
advance patrols ambushed a. force
of 100 Japanese, an action typical
of jungle fighting. The Austral
ians not only killed 45 Japanese
but wounded more.
j In an attempt to - lighten the
pressure of the Australians around
Finschhafen, . the (Japanese sent
their planes over in raiding sorties
aimed at personnel around Satel
burg, but the communique said the
raids were ineffective. A
South of Finschhafen forces
which were driving northward
from Lae were near Cape Cretin,
just south of their objective at
Finschhafen.
Bombers from the army's ISth
air force found an 11-ship convoy
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in the Solomons: and immediately
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channel coastal area early, waay
either with planes or warships,
coastal reports said. ; . .
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