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Chiidi ASSOCIATED PRESS TELEMATS ACME TELEPHOTOS FIVE CENTS EIGHTEEN PAGES ST. PETERSBURG, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1944 COMPLETE ASSOCIATED PRESS, ASSOCIATED PRESS FEATURES, UNITED PRESS AND INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICES VOL. 61, NO. 86 in lipnMME ly IhJ Ul Jj i Li VJinds Due Rain, High ent PI OBIS res. Police, Relief Agencies Ready t.

27 Here Today, Full Force ress JACKSONVILLE J.3V For Emergency In hiladelphici flay Hit Early Thursday St. Petersburg and Pinel las county stands in a state Blustery winds and intermittent rains today will be St. of preparedness today in the face of reports that a tropi WASHINGTON (TP) A Philadelphia ball park speech by President Roosevelt Oct. 27 was announced yesterday, and the chief executive said he would make some other speeches before the election but didn't know yet just where or when. cal hurricane, moving in a general direction toward the Petersburg's harbinger of a dangerous Caribbean hurricana which early this morning whipped northward over Cuba, raking Havana and bringing emergency warnings of 75-100-mile per hour gales for the exposed Florida keys.

Should the storm continue northward at its present Florida west coast, offers potential threat to this area Roosevelt told a news conference, however, that he defnitely was not going to make any transcontinental tour, as he said some newspapers had suggested he might do. Some of his political advisers are known to be urging course and rate of advance, the full brunt would reach City and county police were ordered yesterday to stand by Reds Drive On East Prussia Pinellas county in about 30 hours, or noon tomorrow. It might hit here sooner. that he speak in Illinois, Ohio and New York as a minimum. Today's forecast warned of rainy squalls for the Tampa bay area with gradually increasing winds.

During the conference, the president took an obvious dig at ii i FlNES CAYMAN' and it was reported last night that total mobilization can be completed at a moment's notice in the event the storm continues on its present course. The Florida highway patrol announced that its entire force had been put on the alert and that it was being manned at full strength throughout the state. LONDON. (IP) A tremendous new Russian offensive the practice of Gov. Thomas h.

Dewey in quoting excerpts from St. Petersburg and all of Pinellas county are included in a hurricane alert area established last night by the U. S. speeches or records of the ad ministration. Alerted' since yesterday morn weather bureau in Miami.

The Florida peninsula northward to the Daytona Beach-Cedar Key line was placed in the alert belt as the mighty storm moved northward at a rate of from 10 to 12 miles per hour. ing, the local Coast Guard air station issued an advisory last The white line, extending from the Caymens over Cuba, shows the course of the tropical hurricane up to early this morning. If it continues in a straight line it will hit St. Petersburg late today or early tomorrow. Hurricanes are preceded by winds and rains and the city probably will have squally weather all day today.

The severe tropical after lurking for three days in the A reported asked Roosevelt to comment on a sentence of a speech by Senator Mead, Democrat of New York, in Buffalo last Saturday, in which the senator said we can expect Russian help in the Pacific war. The president said he's not commenting on a part of what somebody said. lie's learned better, he smiled. night revealing that all the facilities of its far-flung air arm was already in motion to assist in emergencies growing out of the crisis. Smaller planes at the base will be used to warn isolated watery wastes of the northwestern Caribbean, made its move yesterday afternoon, rumbling north Jap Warships ward over the Isle of Pines, points of impending danger as through the Havana area and well as ships without radio which might venture into the gulf.

An striking into the Florida straits Winter Campaign Forecasf On West Front in France ALLIED SUPREME HEADQUARTERS, Paris U.R) British tanks struck out three miles from the Dutch salient yesterday in a new drive toward Germany's Ruhr valley while east of Aachen the Germans dug in behind the torn west wall on a "movable winter line," hinged on the Roer river and a vast concentration of tank In announcing the Philadelphia some 350 miles south of St. Pe tersburg early today. official said that USCG personnel would assist owners of small boats in harbors here to remove aimed straight west toward the heart of East Prussia was announced by alarmed German broadcasters yesterday, and the Soviet midnight communique described heavy Red Air Force bombings ail along the path of advance as far as Insterburg, 37 miles inside the German Junkers' homeland. The German radio said the new attack was along a 25-mile front on both sides of the Lithuanian town of Vilkaviskis and declared it was backed by forests of artillery and spearheaded by low flying Stormovik planes. The Russians already were at the border at points west of Insterburg.

The Moscow communique announced a further cleanup south and southwest of Riffa, the captured Latvian capital, with the remaining German forces in that Baltic state driven into the corner between the Gulf of Riga and the Baltic sea. One of their last useful ports, Ventspils, was bombed heavily. While silent concerning land action against East Prussia, the Russians announced a further slashins drive in northern Tran- Flee At Sight Of U. S. Fleet speech, Roosevelt confirmed word given to reporters earlier by David L.

Lawrence, Pennsylvania their craft to safety and was placing at the city's disposal a Democratic national committee men, after a White House call. NEW JERSEY IN GOP Lawrence's announcement co number of trucks and other vehicles to be used in case of emer While the hurricane'i present course would carry it directly through the Tampa bay area, meteorologists at the Tampa weather bureau last night reported It is too early to predict whether the storm will seriously effect this region. reserves and artillery. U. S.

PACIFIC FLEET HEAD gency. QUARTERS, PEARL HARBOR incided with these other White Claud Nesbil, chief of St. Pe New American carrier-based House political developments: tersburg's fire department, said plane attacks on the northern Former Democratic Governor Hurricanes, which are broad Philippines were reported by Ra liis entire force was marking time and as soon as an alert is sounded in this area, the de areas of swirling winds and rain dio Tokio yesterday on the heels American artillerymen yesterday turned captured and reconverted 88 mm. guns on the German defenders of Bologna on the Italian front in a renewed push northward from the totally destroyed village of Livergnano, and hammered open a path to the rim of a three-mile ridge above the town. American infantrymen captured of Adm.

Chester W. Nimit with a lull in the center and highest winds immediately around this core, gather strength statement that Nippon warships retired without a fight after they partment will be mobilized, including life-saving crews, resuscitation squads and emergency fire fighting equipment. The enemy remnants- inside Aachen, supplied by air and by a few trucks which survived a suicidal dash through the American seige lines, lashed out in futile, Japanese-style sorties from their last pill-boxes, setting the pattern for German last-ditch resistance. From opposite ends of the tortuous, 450-mile front came portentious warnings of the grim winter fighting that may be expected in the ensuing months, before Germany can be beaten to her knees. "Barring a miracle or a political collapse inside Germany, we won't be out of the foxholes bv Christmas," reported United sighted the U.

S. task force ar mada off Formosa. Charles Edison of New Jersey conferred with the president and told reporters afterward that he had called at Roosevelt's request and given him a political report. Edison said he gave it as his judgment that New Jersey will go for Gov. Thomas E.

Dewey Edi-ron, who has long been at outs with Frank Hague, Jersey City Democratic leader, also said he thought the Hague organization was hurting the Democratic chances because "the independent vote is against Hague." Tokio said the latest hits in the LATEST ADVISORY In a 1:45 a.m. bulletin, the bureau said the hurricane center was on the south Cuban coast near longitude 83 degrees west, and apparently still was moving northward about 10 miles an hour. "It will enter the Gulf of Mexico a short distance west of Havana about 6 a.m. this morning," the bulletin continued. "Winds of whole gale force prevail over western Cuba, with a moderate area of hurricane winds close to storm center.

"This is a very severe storm and ill cause winds of hurricane force and very high tides over the Florida keys early today. "Winds will begin to Increase over the Florida peninsula and attain gale force as far north as Melbourne and Tampa by noon and will produce very high tides along the south Florida coasts. "Every precaution should be taken immediately hy all interests in south Florida. "Everyone should be on the alert for further advices. "Hurricane warnings will likely be extended.

"Hurricane warnings are displayed on the Florida Keys and northeast. Storm warnings northward to Vero Beach and Fort Myers, including the Okeechobee region. "A hurricane alert for the Florida peninsula northward to the Daytona Beach-Cedar Key line is in force. "Radio broadcast requested." a hill east of the Florence-Bologna road Monday night by svlvania had carried within two Philippines centered on Clark Field, pre-war American air base miles of the southern border ot the aid of eight 800,000,000 can the Caroatho-Ukraine territory rhir-li Hnnsarv took from dis 40 miles from Manila, and on the port of Legaspi, southern Luzon. The Japanese said the raiders dle-power anti-aircraft searchlights, the glow of which against broken clouds made an "artificial Meanwhile, George M.

Dunn, who heads the Red Cross disaster preparedness and relief committee here, including civilian defense, assured local residents that the organization is ready to swing into action should any disaster occur. Dunn said special committees already have been set up and were ready for operations, includ membered Czechoslovakia, and told of further- small gains south were repulsed. moonlight" which enabled the doughboys to pick their way over water but dissipate over land. This waxing and waning of velocity often governs the path the storm follows, the weather bureau explained. North of the equator, the storms revolve counter-clockwise, and have a tendency to pull toward the northeast once they establish a direction.

This storm had moved slowly across the Caribbean sea for a week, without showing any definite directional tendencies until yesterday. Hurricane Winds Accurate plotting of the hurricane's course into the state will be possible once the storm strikes the mainland. Press Correspondent Walter Cronkite from the British Sec west and west of JNis in xugo slavia. FIGHTING IN BELGRADE through the German positions. The Japanese continued to claim a great sea victory over the American task force that has been sending heavy waves ond Army front in Holland.

He described how in the compara Eighth Army forces advanced to the northwest along a railroad ing first aid stations, medical aid 5tropt fidhtincr continued in The White House fired a second reply to a Dewey campaign speech. Like the one issued Saturday, yesterday's took the form of a compilation of Dewey's quotes from administration documents or speeches and supplies, emergency food. Rplurarle. with the Russians and tively minor road junction of Venray, seven miles west of the paralleling the important Bo shelter, rescue and evacuation logna-Rimini highway to reach German border, enemy rear workers. Yugoslav partisans teamed in bat tling the Germans for the Yugo slnv caoital.

As local agencies stood ready to the east banks of the Pisciatello river, only one and a half miles from Cescna. Other Eighth Army guards were fighting for houses and even for hallways lined with family portraits painted by the meet a possible emergency, hundreds of army planes from Pinel Flemish masters. units moving through the hills from the south captured Monte of planes against Formosa. But Nimitz declared "on discovering our fighting strength unimpaired, they (Japanese warships) avoided action and have withdrawn toward their bases." Nimitz reported only two American surface ships damaged against Japanese claims of up to 52 sunk or damaged. One look at the power packed by the mighty force of warships las air field and Tampa air fields began a general exodus from British patrols which crossed Romano, three miles from Ccsena German forces south of Bologna the river Lek (lower Rhine) from the top of the Dutch salient withdrew after penetrating as far as Marshal Rodion Y.

Malinov-sky's drive up through Transylvania, aided by Romanian troops fighting to win that territory back from Hungary, was within 30 mountainous miles of junctions with Soviet forces that have been pressing down from the north in southern Poland. High Hungarian army chiefs followed in each Instance by larger excerpts from the same source with obvious design to develop the contention that Dewey's use of the quotations was misleading. 'Pennsylvania is the second largest prize in the electoral college with 35 votes. President Roosevelt's Oct. 27 speech is to be in Shibe park, home of the Philadelphia National League Florida as the army moved quickly to remove valuable ships from the possible path of the hurricane intensified their artillery fire Wageningen, 11 miles west of during Monday and in a 12-hour interval fired 1,000 rounds roaring northward from the Lar- stoned Arnhem, and reported that German defenses, although into American forward positions that is Adm.

William F. Halsey's The weather bureau said the mighty blow, moving about 10 miles per hour, may be weakened slightly in passing over Cuba, but that wind of full hurricane Intensity probably will be felt In the Florida straits this morning. There Is some indication the storm will turn gradually northeastward, but interests over southern Florida were warned to take every preliminary precaution. around Livergnano. Third Fleet convinced the enemy thinly held, were alert lor any attack in that sector.

Headquarters revealed that no change was prudent in its policy of avoiding a showdown Baseball club. Lawrence said captured 88 guns, favorite Ger the park would hold 35,000 to man artillery weapon, had been fight at sea. JAPS CLAIM ALL repaired and reconverted by Ital 40.000. In New York, Democratic headquarters said the address ian mechanics. More than 4,700 For dnvs the Tokio radio had would be broadcast from 9 to In the Vosges foothills on the southern flank, Allied Sixth Army troops had covered a blood-won 15 miles in three weeks through driving rains, over flooded mountain torrents and against the same tenacious resistance.

French and American troops in bbean. Pilots at MacDill and Drew-Fields were alerted early yesterday while weather officers kept an eye on the movement of the hurricane. Last night at 6:30 o'c lock the big planes started roaring away from MacDill, bucking winds aloft that would have buffeted smaller craft. By 9 o'clock every last one of the Fortresses was on its way to Columbia, South Carolina. From Drew, the medium bomb Italians now are employed by Fifth Army ordnance units, and blared to the world that "bril Winds of full hurricane force silenced communications with the 9:30 p.m.

SPEECH BROADCAST The broadcast over CBS and among their work has been the liant war results" had been achieved by Nipponese naval and have gone over to the Russian Hide and two army commanders have had to be dismissed, the German official DNB agency announced last night as the Nazis strove amid deepening confusion to hold Hungary in the war at all costs. The Berlin and Budapest radios poured out clouds of official explanations, appeals, boasts and accusations tending to obscure the situation, but it appeared a Hungarian army revolt was under wav. rebuilding of American gunsights See PACIFIC. Page 13, Col. 3 to fit the captured guns.

Isle of Pines, off south Cuba, last night and built up high seas that threatened one coastal section of Camaguey province with serious Mutual networks will be sponsored jointly by the Philadelphia Democratic committee and the the south were fighting through forests so thick that one enemy tank could hold off an Allied regiment. Since launching an at damage Wild Italian Front Makes Businessmen for Roosevelt, Inc. A group of members of the lat ers were pulled out early, and the threatening great damage to property. The raging winds knocked out the government radio in Neuva Gerona, principal city of the peaceful tourist islet south of Cuba, and there was no word from the population of less than 10,000 persons. Centered at 10:30 p.m.

a short distance north of the island, the hurricane was bearing down on the vicinity of metropolitan Havana, Cuba's sprawling capital, which was told to expect the full brunt of the winds about 6 a.m. today. The United States weather bureau said hurricane winds of 75 miles an hour or higher would be blowing early this morning over the Florida keys, where some 500 See STORM. Page 2, Col. 1 tack Sunday on Bryeres from two Col.

3 See F.D.R.. Page Flying Fortresses were tied down miles outside that city, 12 miles Advance Almost Impossible for the night to be evacuated this east of Epinal, American forces morning. There were scarcely any had advanced one and one-halt but the heavv bombers left last mile and gained one of four Bellmore. N. and Driver Max night, as Mitchells, Marauders wooded heights commanding By WILLIAM B.

KING WITH THE FIFTH ARMY IN The blow, aimed dangerously at Havana and farther north at the peninsula of Florida, was causing winds of about 60 miles an hour over most of western Cuba even before midnight, although its full force was not expected on the mainland for several hours. Juearo, Camaguey, a small town on the south central coast of Cuba, reported high waves pounding through the streets and Hammond of Portis, and set their objective and whenever out for a look at the battle area. and other phines were flown to fields throughout Georgia and the thev moved farther murderous NORTHERN ITALY UV) The Fifth Army's battle in northern Democracy At Its Best F. D. R.

Asks for Support Of Community War Funds Carolinas. mortar fire came down from the other three. On the field itself, the big gas Italy's ragged jumble of muddy oline trailers were dispersed mountains must be seen to be believed and even then you See POLICE, Page 2, Col. 4 You pass along a narrow-street through piles of rubble and tumbled brick and mortar walls which once was a village. Italian peasants grub in the wreckage piles, and big-eyed children stand in doorways, staring at you without notice of the crack and rumble of our artillery.

wonder how battle-weary American soldiers have managed to behalf of your community war nch their way along the narrow German broadcasts asserted that a state of "positional warfare" as in 1917 had been reached In the west, and the fairly objective commentator, Lt. Gen. Kurt Dittmar, warned that the Allies could be expected to act to break the stalemate at the earliest possible moment. In the Aachen area the Ger cliff-bordered roads and precipi fund, united with the national war fund in a common federated appeal 'for our own and for our City's Last Damaging Hurricane Hit In 1938 Worst In History Was In '21 Allies. Mud slops and spews under "This year, more than ever, we your wheels as you ride up and down the winding road which need the friendly aid and as sistance of all these great hu clings to the mountain side tous heights which bar the way to Bologna.

You have wondered at the apparent snail's pace of the army moving up the center of the Italian peninsula, but when you see the fog-shrouded mountains and narrow, twisting roads where they fight, you marvel that the campaign has been possible at all. mans were imported bunkering in along the Roer, 16 miles east of and 20 miles west of the manitarian agencies for our Light Milky fog blots your visability to a few feet. Here you realize the ing forces, for the long-sulfering Rhino, with the intention of sit peoples of the United Nations tine it out all winter but already mam difficulty of the present phase of fighting. Although the and for those in need among our WASHINGTON (JP) President Roosevelt last night appealed for greater than ever contributions to community war funds as a token of "Democracy at its best" lo show there is no letdown in our national unity. He said that on the day of the fighting men's return home which he declared "we are trying to make as speedy as possible" they will shake war fund donors by the hand and say "thanks for helping, friend." In a nationwide radio appeal nil behalf of war fund drives, Roosevelt said "our gift to our community war fund is one way to show that there is no letdown in the spirit and unity of this country.

This gift this expression of our own free will speaks from the heart of the nation." Allied air power was tearing at the vitals of this emergency de neighbors here at home. These united services can bring us one step farther in our fight for peak of the Apennine ridge has been passed, every ragged ridge on the northern slopes offers the fense system. For the third time in four days You make your way along a highway into which has hern decency, humanity and good will German defenders new positions channeled all vehicular support Ambulance jeeps pass you carrying back their cargoes of suffering. One is crowded with for this lighting army, until you reach the headquarters of the 1911 which struck across the state north of Miami, bringing high winds to the Tampa bay area. There was little damage.

In 1939 a "mild" tropical storm brought rain and wind to St. Petersburg but again there was no damage. There were mild storms In 1936 and 1937. On Sept. 3, 1935, however, a storm approaching hurricane proportions roared out of the south and after striking the lower Florida keys whirled down on the west coast.

The full fury of the gale struck here on Srpt. 4, causing widespread damage but no loss of life. Earlier, 500 veterans had perished on the Florida keys because a relief train did not arrive In time to evacuate them. Compared to the storms of 1921 and 1933 were those or 1926 and 1928. A hurricane Is a circular storm much like a cyclone except covering a greater area which has wind of 75 miles or more per hour.

At the outer limits the winds are light to moderate and gusty. As the center approaches they increase gradually, growing to squalls, then furious gales, and finally to IndescribabU fury. St. Petersburg and the nearby Florida west roast have not suffered a serious tropical storm since HO when a hurricane swept up the gulf from the Yucatan channel, buffeting this sector with high winds and driving rains for more than two days, knocking over trees, disrupting communications and causing general havoc. Worst storm to hit St.

Petersburg bleu in late 1911 when, with no radios and special hurricane services to give warning, tiie twister Invaded from the gulf during the night to catch the city unawares. Losses were restricted largely to water damage. The winds caused Tampa and Boca iega bays to rise several feet above normal and the high tide lifted up and carried away the decking of wooden bridges and the citv pier. Direc benefits were the replacement of the old citv pier with the present million-dollar steel and concrete struc ture and the rebuilding of similar flimsy bridges at Safety Harbor and Seminole with concrete. Corey causeway was constructed lo take the place of the old wooden Mc Acloo bridge connecting the gulf beaches.

Of more recent vintage was the twister of more than 1,300 U. S. Hying Fortresses and Liberators hurled tons of explosives on Cologne, queen city of the Rhineland 25 miles behind the Germans' Aachen front and the main communications hub for the wehr-maeht in the northwest. American troops of the Sev American division which is spearheading the attack against an enemv who dailv is making it walking wounded, each uniformly tagged at a first aid station. Each tag is uniformly topped bv a towards men.

"Through a single gift to this united appeal, we are able to extend the hand of friendship to millions of people at home and around the world to perform millions of acts of kindness. "Through this one gift we show clearer that he will not give up pale, gaunt face of pain. Another and another pass, some with a yard of Italian soil without a stubborn, cunning fight. stretchers slung before and be "in these days, he said, "as we hind trie driver. You cannot see the faces of blanket-wraoneri begin to see the approach of vie tory may seem more of a bur At a division command post you rlirnb into a jeep with operations oflicer Maj George Klemm of stretcher cases, and you fire glad the warmth of our affection for our men and women in uniform by providing them with ti home comforts and conveniences of the den to us to measure up to our enth Army, including units Japanese ancestry, widened their biidgtbral across the Moselotte rive- north ot Le Thillot as they nudged 1 I toward the hlucht pass through the Vosges.

French troops driving for the Bussang pass farther smith war jobs and responsibilities USO and, to those whose service has been fulfilled. A friendly hand in getting adjusted to civil- COUNCIL OKEHS FREE LOTS FOR SEE PAGE 11 But. he continued, a war fund gift is "tvpical of Democracy at. its best." The prc-irlent said: "Once again 1 come to ou on crosed the Thillot See WAR IIEST Page 2. Col.

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