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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-07
PREDICTS NEW MOVE

Thus. in two allied moves the
.OPA struck sharply to relieve the
Atlantic seaboard gasoline and
fuel oil shortage which stemmed
from transportation difficulties
and the demands of the spreading
global war.
Price Administrator Leon Hen
.derSon. warning that even more
serious measures" will come II
the petroleum outlook darkens,
declared "B" and &C" gas card
holders appeared to be responsible
for the chief abuses of the
pleasure driving privilege under
.rationing.
Henderson called upon all state,
county and municipal police 10 re-
port violations of the ban on
pleasure driving.
In cases of obvious misuse or
gasoline. he said, such as the pres
ence of a car at a race track or
theater. local police may imme-
diately seize the drivers gasoline
ration book.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-07
Race Tracks,
.TheaterS in
Ban by 0PA
Even Nearby Stores
on List; New Slash
in Oil Quota Feared

WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 QNS).
The Office of Price Administra-
ton today ordered all pleasure
driving in the East halted at noon
tomorrow and placed the task ct
enforcing the ban in the hands of
regional and local police.
The surprise action, calling for
still further sacrifice by motorists
holding "A" "B" and &C" gasoline
ration books, is for an indefinite
period. It was necessitated by the
need for building up stocks of gas
oline and fuel oil in the original
II rationed eastern states and the
District of Columbia, the OPA said.
In the same announcement
which forbids use of gasoline even
for trips to the nearby family
store. the OPA added that within
the next "a hours fuel heating
rations for all structures other
than those used for residential
purposes will be slashed "substan-
tally"
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-03-26

IT'S THE BEST MEDICINE
I EVER SAW AND / TRIED
LOTS OF THEM" DE-
OLARES MIR. REAVIS.

DIR. FOSTERS L~K continues
its remarkable record of bringing
relief to hundreds Of suffers for
Indigestion, weak, run down feel
ing, toxic pains and similar other
distresses due to an. insufficient
flow OF gastric juices in the stom-
ach and the bad effects of sluggish
bowels. Included in the long list
Of grateful L-K users is Mr.. r..
c. Reavis, well known textile
foreman Of 1915 Redding St., High
Point, N. c., who happily states:
"Tn always thank my lucky
starr for L-K. There was many q
night I couldn't sleep, I ached all
over on account of constipation
and toxic poisoning. I had tried
hundreds Of so-called wonder
treatments without any results
and had come to the conclusion
that I couldn't last much longer
the way I was suffering. I had
such dizzy headaches I could hard
ly work, everything I ate seemed
to cause indigestion, the strong
purEatives in the things I took
upset my stomach and my life
was miserable. I have now taken
three bottles Of L-K and I fee
like different man. Now T eat
anything I want, have regainet
my strength and can work regu.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-03-26
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(COntinued from rage OAoI
several tanks and number OF
vehicles.
The Allied aerial armada, be.
lieved to be the strongest yet used
in Africa, continued to pound Axis
troops and airfields in the narrow
ing enemy pocket, dumping thou
sands of tons of bombs along the
Mareth line and in the path OF
the twin American drives to the
sea.
The outcome depends mainly on
how long the enemy can withstand
such punishment. Thus far there
were no signs of a German col
lapse.
Front dispatches said the Aneri.
cans closing in on Mezzouna, it.
self only % miles frome the Gabes'
Sfax coastal highway, were tanning
out on either side OF the roao
along which they are driving aftel
taking the heights overlooking the
coastal plain.
One patrol clashed indecisively
with Axis troops at the town o.
Meheri Zebbeus, five miles nortf
of Maknassy. The forward ele
ments last were reported only sis
miles from MezZouna.
The U. S. column operating be
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-03-26
Application Blanks
Ready For Tests For
Navy Training Course

Application blanks for the quail
tying tests on Friday, April 2 for
the Army Specialized Training Pro
gram and the Navy College Train
ine Program are now available at
the office in New Hanover High
school, T. T. Hamilton, Jr., prin.
cipal of the high school, announced
today.
Properly filled out, these appi-
cations will admit qualified high
school seniors or recent graduates
to the tests. Each applicant may
indicate in his blank whether he
prefers the Army, or the Navy
which includes the Marine Corps
and Coast Guard.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-03-26
CITY PLUNGED
into DARKNESS
Continued from Page One)

ao o,,t Immediately after the sirens
hlew for the first blue signal last
nieht followed considerably more
slowly by the city street lighune
system, the Northeast river orloge
and the Broadfoot Iron WORKS.
After the red signal sounded. the
entire town south and east OF Chest'
nut street was entirely darkened. a
few scattered lights were ooserVec
in the northern section.
The lights in the building ana au
ditorium Of the main USO cluo a.
Second and Orange streets came on
at the second blue signal as dld tne
lights in the city Jail. Both were ex'
tinguished hastily.
Elsewhere over town there was
little confusion occasioned by the
third siren signal.
The lights of the North Caroline
Shipbuilding company and of ferti
lizer plants at Navassa remained OF
during the entire test period.
AS late as 10 p. m. telephone call
were being received at the Star
News to inquire if the all-clear, Civ
en- by radio, telephone and air raid
wardens under the new system O
signals, was in effect.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-03-26
MN nt1NcT0N MORNING STAR, WILMINGTON n. =.
Americans Seize Control
f. or Vital 7unisian Area

vond ell Guetar is about 90 mlies
northwest of Gabes. In visiting
these troops General Patton sew
eral times left his car and con
tinued on foot as German shells
landed nearby.
Throughout Tuesday night ano
Yesterday Allied airmen contlnu
ed their assault on Axis lines, air
fields, and transports on the coast
al highway.
u. S. heavy bombers plasterec
the docks at Ferryville on tne
southwestern side of the huge por'
of Bizerte in the north. Hits were
observed all over the dock ares
and large fires started" the com
munique said.
Three merchant ships were be
lieved to have been hit, and
British pilot escorting the bomb
ers said the attack was one o
the most accurate he had eve1
seen.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-03-26
SALVATION ARMY
BAND ENTERTAINS
Musical Group Presents
Program At Lions
Weekly Meeting

Music provided by the Saliva
ton Army band from the Atlantis
Training school, group present
ed by Salvation Army Captain
James Neighbours, was the fea
ture Of the Lions club meeting
Thursday at the regular luncheon
meeting.
The band was composed OF cadets
M. Farrell, ]. Wynn, L. Mire, E.
Frierson, E. Smith and V. Van
syckle.
Introducing the group was Cap
tain Neighbors, who spoke OF MS
life prior to and during Salvation
Army days. He came from Ne"
foundland, where he began MS
working career as a printers devil
Cadet c. W. Jaynes, representing
the visitors, spoke Of cadet life II
the Salvation Army. He point
ed out Indt Od1' Iioii 1AAAAJ
tains have been given a cholce
Of becoming chaplains in the Unit
ed States Army. Graduates OF the
Atlanta school were said to Dc
serving on all foreign and home
fronts during the present war.
Lion Wick Twining presided ovel
the meeting. Announcement wa
made that the club had been in
vited to attend a meeting with al
other civic clubs of the city, to b.
held April in St. Paul parisl
house, when Gen. Homer Oldtels
will be the honored guest; tn
meeting is in conmemoration o
Army Day.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-03-26
FOE CLOSES HOLE
NEAR MARETH Line
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o,,+ braying death, to repair the
damage. 49, ,r.-
During those three days the Ma
roth line was first cracked ana
then broken, with the 1oo'yaro
road the only tenuous line over
which men, tanks and supplies
could move.
Then the Germans attacked in
force yesterday and closed the
breach.
The British managed to SEND
some tanks across the shell'swept
road to support the infantry hold
ing the bridgehead on the west
bank Of the wadi, but there were
not enough anti-tank guns IN po.
sition to hold the wave OF 81
which the Germans sent in to sup
mort the Nazi infantry in the coun-
terattack.
The highway to hell was a bot
tleneck for tanks and guns.
There we're some stirring tales
of courage in that furious battle
inside the Mareth line: of one who
stormed a concrete stronghold IN a
chilling red hail of machinegun
fire. Of engineers who built the
road, and of the troops VINO heio
out as long as they could against
odds.
And there were the padres -
one was a Catholic, one a Baptist
and one was of the Church OF
England. They went across the
wadi with the troops to minister
to the wounded, bury the dead
and cheer the fighting men. The
dusty, tired.eyed little cure OF
Greensboro, Ca, the Rev. Arthur
Garbutt, was one of them.
1--WE carride the wounded from
the battlefield onto the bank of
the wadi," he said "and dug each
man a slit trench to protect him
from shell burts. There was a
regular curtain of shells falling in
to the wadi.
II helped bury the dead, dig
graves and slit trenches and car
nv the wounded. You know, since
Joining the army I've done a lot of
peculiar things.
"The men were wonderful. They
lay uncomplaining in the slit
trenches for hours as the shells
fell. One of them said drily, just
wait a minute and they'll be
throwing their meskits over We
wouldn't have been surprised.
During the first two days and
nights of fighting the British took
some 800 German and Italian pris-
oners.
Hundreds Of Italians cracked un-
der the strain of the lombard.
ment and machinegun fire and sur
rendered or deserted. In some cas-
es 1t was reported the men in
the ranks forced officers to sur
render with them.
One young Fascist officer wept
in humiliation because his men
laid down their arms and march
ed out Of their concrete pillboxes.
In the enemy counterattack 300
Italians were in the spearhead Of
the move. When faced by heavy
British fire they threw up their
hands in surrender, but the Ger
mans behind them opened up on
them with machine guns. In an
other case the Germans shelled
Italians who surrendered to the
British.
Many Of the Nazi captives fought
the Americans at Gafsa and ex-
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-03-26

pressed high regard for their fight
ing qualities, saying the Yanks
fought like tigers"
They are amazed at the fine
quality and great quantity of the
American soldiers equipment. One
described it as fantastic. They
had never seen anything like it.
But while the Italians were
cracking up it would be mistake
to misjudge the German soldiers
morale.
General Montgomery told his Of
ficers last month in Tripoli there
was no evidence the German mo-
rale was shattered and that this
army was still a big factor to
counter.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-03-26
ANOTHER GERMAN
STRONGHOLD HIT
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Russians said their mortars dis.
abled or set afire seven Naz1
tanks and five seH-propelled guns
when the Germans threw 20 tanks
and regiment Of infantry into
an attack.
"Our troops repelled the enemy
attack and held their positions,
the communique said.
In another unidentified sector on
this southern front the communi
que said 500 Germans were killed
in an attack which collapsed under
concentrated Soviet artillery fire
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-03-26

lar again. My constipation and
aches and pains are relieved and
I sleep plenty"
MY wife E now taking DR.
FOSTERS Tx with the sans
nappy results, and I wish al my
friends that suffer from any OF
these symptoms would try L-K tor
l frankly believe It y the best
medicine ever put IN q bottle
Get your bottle Of L-K today
the generous $1.25 size only SIC.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-03-26
Losses ARE seen
FOR U. S. TROOPS
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ently have had a major effect in
forcing withdrawal OF Nazl hght,
er planes from the Tunisian and
Russian fronts.
The secretary asserted that the
German people are demanding
greater fighter plane protection
against daylight attacks. We have
reason to believe that many such
planes have been brought back to
Germany from Russia and from
Tunisia. Since the Germans do
not know where we will strike
next with our long-range bombers
they are forced to disperse their
fighter planes over the en- ii
country, as well as the occupied
territory"
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-03-26

had announced the capture =.
eral more charred settIer. " Ss''
the central front, one S ~. %
fortified village where fl. ',''asl' n
ter hand-to-hand fighting ''eld al,
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-03-26

One Russian guerrilla detach-
ment operating in the Khark0v re-
gion was said to have killed 70
Germans and derailed an enemy
troop train.
The noon communique yesterday
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-03-26
DISAPPOINTMENT ASKED

WASHINGTON, March 25.-LP-
The National Association Of Hosiery
Manufacturers asked the Office OF
Price Administration today to post
pone new regulations on rayon hose,
scheduled to go into effect April 15.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-03-26
PHILADELPHIA PHILs

HERSHEY, Pa, March 25.-tR)-
President Bill Cox and Manager
Buclly Harris of the Phillies are
both pleased with the two unnamed
players they are receiving from the
New York Yankees in place Of Ed
Levy and Allen Gettel, received in
the original trade for Nick Etten.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-05-10

terms of Mr.. Winchells contract
with his radio sponsor, John
Sirica of counsel for the columnist-
commentator, interrupted to tell
Justice Let's that the defense was
ready for trial and that injection
OF the radio contract terms was ir-
relevant in view of an agreement
reached by both sides to end the
litigation.
With the suit thus ended, Mr..
Winchell went to the judges desk
to be introduced by his counsel to
Justice Let's. Mrs. Patterson was
not in court.
The suit originally asked 100000
compensatory damages from each of
three defendants. and an additional
100000 in punitive damages from
Mr.. Winchell. On February s. how
ever, suit brought by Mrs. Patterson
against the Jergens Co. and the
National Broadcasting Co., later
known as the Blue Network Broad
casting Co.. were dismissed, leaving
Winchell as the sole defendant.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-05-10
Mrs. Patterson Drops
.Winche|| Libel Suit
After Lawyers Confer
Times-HeroId Publisher
Abondons Action Based on
Comment on Editorial

The suit brought by Mrs. Eleanor
M. Patterson. owner and publisher
of the Washington Times Herald,
charging libel against Walter
Winchell was withdrawn by the
plaintiff and dismissed today In
District Justice F. Dickinson Let's
court.
Settlement of the case followed an
hours conference among attorneys
this morning. When Justice Let's
assembled the bench at II AM, R. H.
Yeatman counsel for Mrs. Patter-
son, made the following statement:
In a radio broadcast on March
Is. 1912. Waiter Winchell made mis-
leading and uncalled for references
to an editorial on foreign policy
published in the Washington Times
Herald. He did not tell his audience
that the editorial advocated United
States occupation of Greenland to
protect It from the Nazis and other
wise was a strong defense of the
Monroe Doctrine. The next day
Mrs. Eleanor M Patterson, owner
and publisher of the Times Herald,
sued him for libel.
Under oath and pre-trial ex-
animation, Winchell admitted this
editorial is a very patriotic piece
and disclaimed any intention or
desire to besmirch or harm the
Times
Furthermore, Winchell's contract
with his radio sponsor. the Andrew
Jergens Co.. allows him to escape
payment Of any Judgment that may
be rendered against him and places
upon his sponsor not only that
burden, but also the liability to pay
all expenses even including lawyers
fees.
Upon the record thus made bv
Winchell. Mrs. Patterson did not
feel any good purpose would be
served in further prosecuting the
case. Therefore, it has been dis
missed"
AS Mr.. Yeatman referred to the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-05-10
5hafer Opens Probe
AT Se|fridge Field
With Surprise Visit
Says Officers Stories,
Differing on Activities,
Justify Investigation
~ the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
DETROIT, May 10.-Represent-
alive Shafer, Republican. of Michi-
gan, appointed by the House Mill
tary Affairs Committee to investi-
gate alleged irregularities at Self
ridge Field, paid surprise visit to
the nearby air base yesterday and
Immediately launched his inquiry.
Representative Shafer, who was
accompanied by John w. Winer, the
committees investigator, said his
presence apparently wasn't expected
so soon.
The officers at the field didn't ex-
pect to be called for questioning
yet" Representative Shafer said,
"and their stories concerning various
activities on the post were amaz-
ingly different.
"As result we obtained informa-
ton which ordinarily would have
taken several days to get"
Representative Shafer said the
evidence Of irregularities turned up
in the first few hours was enough
to have justified the investigation.
He said witnesses would be brought
to Detroit for questioning because II
don't want any superior officers
standing around to slow them
down."
The investigations into Selfridge
Field conditions are an aftermath
OF two shooting incidents at the base
last week, resulting in the wounding
OF soldier and civilian. Col Will
liam T. Colman, post commandant,
who shot the soldier, has been re-
lieved of his command and now is in
Percy Jones Hospital in Battle Creek.
Meanwhile. United States District
Attorney John C. Lehr declared a
Federal investigation has disclosed
that lat least so civilians" have been
involved in efforts to gain specific
considerations for servicemen at
Selfridge Field.
Mr.. Lehr. who said he would CO.
operate fully with Representative
Shafer, announced he would recon-
mend to a Federal grand jury that
indictments be returned against
many parties for attempting to
bride Government officials.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-05-10
Yves Gallagher Injured
When Jeep 0yerturns
BY the Associated Press

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
NORTH AFRICA. May 1O.-J. Yves
Gallagher, Associated Press war cor
respondent, was injured Saturday
when a jeep in which he was riding
overturned near newly-captured
Bizerte.
Pinned beneath the vehicle, Mr..
Gallagher suffered back injury and
cuts on his head and hands. He was
sent to hospital where his condi-
ton was described as not serious.
Earlier in the day he had been
held in Bizerte for several minutes
by German light artillery Smelling
the town after the Americans moved
in.
Mr.. Gallagher's accident came a
few minutes after he left Bizerte
when the driver of the jeep, who
had sped safely past the Nazi guns.
swerved from the road to avoid hit
ting a French bicyclist who had
turned into his path.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-05-10
Roosevelt Praises
Eisenhower for His
Leadership in Africa
Congratulations Also
Sent to British
And French Leaders
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Congratulations on the victories
of Allied armies over Axis forces in
North Africa have been sent by
President Roosevelt to Gen. Dwight
D. Eisenhower and British and
French commanders.
In a dispatch sent last night, the
President told Gen. Eisenhower that
the power and coordination with
which the Allied forces are crushing
our enemies in Tunisia is a tribute
to your leadership"
He asked Gen. Eisenhower to con-
vey his congratulations to British
Army and Navy commanders who
directed operations in the African
zone.
In a separate message to Gen.
Henri Giraud, commander of French
forces in Africa, Mr. Roosevelt ex-
pressed American admiration OF the
French troops.
Soldiers of France have demon
strated that they waited only the
opportunity to spring back at their
NaZi oppressors," he said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-05-10
British Officer Tells
How Allies Bombed
Own Men Off Tunis
Prisoners Of Axis Had
Days and Nights Of He'll
On Italian Ship
BY the Associated Press,

Large numbers of American and
British prisoners of war went
through three days and nights of
hell" aboard an italian ship sub
iected to pounding Allied aerial at
tack off the Tunisian coast, but the
casualties miraculously were not
enormous"
Information in London was thai
the free prisoners totaled about TOO,
but there was no indication of the
percentage of Americans.
The War Department, releasing a
report from North Africa attesting
to the great destructiveness and
deadly accuracy" of Allied bombing.
quoted British lieutenant's story
of the attack on the prison ship
which had left Tunis Harbor for
Italy with destroyer escort.
The destroyer. however, was sunk
by Kittyhawk bombers. and the crew
refused to make the run to Sicily.
The Germans said the journey
was simply impossible without a
destroyer escort" the department S
release quoted the unnamed British
officer "As the destroyer had been
sunk they put back into La Gou-
lette. Then we went through three
days and nights of hell
Bombed by Own Aircraft.
We were bombed and strafed
more than half a dozen times by
our own aircraft. The pilots had
no way of knowing that there were
British and American prisoners on
board, though later we did try to
put some Identification signs on the
deck, but they did not see them.
Bombs fell all around us and dam
aged the ships plates.
One bomb hit the side and left
us with list. There was one direct
hit but fortunately with only small
bomb and only superficial damage
resulted. 1t was miracle that the
ship was not sunk. She would have
had she not run aground.
The Italians left after the first
bombing attack but the Germans
stuck it out at their guns almost
to the end. Then they went ashore.
The rest of us had to suffer another
night of bombing and some more
next day. The air attack was terri
Bile. I would not go through it
again for million pounds.
THE Thing Was a Nightmare"
I'VE were all cramped into two
holds with scarcely sufficient air to
breathe, and for the last two DAYS
there was no water on the ship,
There were no sanitary arrange
ments and we had little food. The
thing was nightmare. We thought
the casualties must be enormous
by miracle they were not"
Arriving British troops found
small boats bringing load after load
OF prisoners ashore from the
grounded, battle-scarred vessel, one
OF several wrecked by the relentless
aerial pounding.
The War Department said that
except for the dock area, Tunis was
practically unchanged by bombs.
1t added, however, that the docks
at Tunis and at La Goulette ARE a
shambles" and said the airdrome at
Ell Aoulna, outside Tunis, was strewn
with the wreckage of at least 100
German aircraft, many large trans
ports.