The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-12-01
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aho va ollicIalS are greatly pIes,,'
ABOUT the battle reports Of S' a.,
lca's new aircraft carriers i; ;es
Pacific combat zone. Tbev u.
hopeful that these renort.
eounteract criticism heaped q, :.
Navy for a while when II VA "a
as though carriers were to ''0A'
nerable to be useful in haiti
The adverse reports b9nnto5 ,
Navy for months after the I Cs
the Lexington, Wasp, Yor IgIS
ana Hornet. Because OF secr 's
the Navy could not talk abort Crt1. :.
lures of new carriers which 1' + 5ess
mad every reason to believe ,r. mi,
not be so vulnerable. "U~l
This is one reason behind 9
story given out recently br ca ~
rstary OF the Navy Frank K nv,
who told how one Of Amer H,o'
s.GM carriers fought off success
fully four separate Jan ' ot+.ss
against it while the carriers I nia.S
were blasting Rabaul. p''aa
undersecretary of the N,-
James Forrestal followed the s Sa1
line when he said in a snee 100 pam
Gently that American aircratt c ~
rlers We're attacked by jan I "a,
based bombers off Wake island 'I h.
mat the assault failed to ston W. w.
United States Carrier rlanp III. Js
on that enemy-held base, '''
B e t t er anti-aircraft d4foo..
ABOARD the carriers and dea5S is,
Navy fighter planes contrjbl rq''t I,
the improvement. Look for U,' "
United States successes Ike ,N VI:
ones cited. ' 's
New and authentic report, ~.
tnat Chief OF Staff Gen. Georgs
c. Marshall will soon be tra1,.
ferred to London to his neu, no..
as Allied commander Of tba p sos
end front offensive across tbe En-
lish channel. --''S
According to these reports from
high official sources, president
Roosevelt will announce the M.r'
shall shift in the near FUTURE,
probably before Christmas-bnt bo
will make it Enthusiastically rlai1
that the post of chief of staff rp
not change hanoS.
There are several alternative,
for the job of acting chief n
staff during Marshall absence
however. Gen. Dwight D Eisep.
hover is mentioned as a possibl,
ity, as is Gen. Leslie J. McNa,
now in command of all ARM
ground forces.
1t is still the view in Washt {
ton that Marshalls shift will
accomplished without any publ
ty and that the present chief
staff will actually be in Lolt
in his new command long befoN
is publicly announced. Incidenz
ly, the time for the cross-chamav
offensive apparently is set for eat
ly spring, 1914.
Don't look for removal Of sugar
from the list of rationed articles
not for quite some time any,
way. Despite Improvements in
shipping from Cuba where there
is plenty of the raw product sugar
SUP plies in the United States are
little better than a year ago. The
one reason is that railroads cant
haul enough from Florida where
the sugar has been received via
shuttle boat from Cuba. The sugar
must come north TO New York and
PHILADELPHIA refineries and rail-
reads are suffering a lack OF en-
gines, box cars and manpoWer 'o|
spare for hauling the product. Ting
has meant that sugar imports u
Florida have been cut down. Fur
thermore, the beat sugar crop \
the west is expected TO be nay
a million tons short this year
Optimism radlates these dgf
from War Adviser Barney Il
ruch. L
He is extremely pleased w
progress on the home front,
lleves War Mobilizer J lmHE
Byrnes is doing a bang-up III
particularly on the manpo"eI III
ton, in which Byrnes moved
CELEBRITY on the basis of Baruc
own report covering the west CO
labor problem.
Chinese diplomacy scored
over other foreign Legations
Washington when Secretaf!
State Cordell Hull returned
his successful Moscow parley
the Soviet and British forelgnD
listers.
One of the diplomats to n
Hull when he stepped OF the \
Army transport plane was Cn-
Ambassador Wei Tsa Mlh9,
posed for news pictures WIN
secretary and greeted him vi
". Strangely enough, RuSSlaa
British diplomats were 10.
most part conspicuously ao ,.,
Hull's arrival was high-Agn5.
the appearance OF his boss S..
ident Roosevelt, who usual.
fines his personal appear21I1Io1
high foreign dignitarieS. ~
presence at Hulps arrival w.. y