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The Wilmington morning star., 1943-04-26

Ideal weather, capacity church
congregations, and the usual Easter
parade characterized the celebration
OF Easter, 1913, in Wilmington.
Weatherman Paul Hess described
the temperature as perfect" as the
mercury hovered around 70 degrees
at churchtime, and ascended to no
more than IA degrees during the af-
ternoon. The cloudless skies and
bright sunshine followed a cool and
rainy Saturday.
Throughout. the city, the report
was one of overflow audiences" in
Almost all churches.
At sunrise services on the beach
es' in the suburban communities.
ana In local cemeteries, the attend
ahce was excellent, with an abund-
al9ce Of servicemen and their fam
llies in evidence.
mars In the aisles were reported
at tne First Christian church, Trim
''y Methodist. Wrightsville Beach
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Grafton. With the individual in
mind, all volunteer statesmen are
urged to redouble their efforts dur
ing this last week and to call
halt only when they feel that ev-
cry person in the community able
to buy an $1875 bond has been
reached"
Sales of sos, 1881 ISL in bonds was
reported in North Carolina, where
the quota was $62,O0o,0oO.
South Carolina, with sale OF S25,-
1O1, $50, exceeded its quota of $23,-
100000.
Sales by counties through April
% follow:
North Carolina - New Hanover,
So, ,96I, ,51s.75: Craven $3.50, 1915;
Duplin s192, ,472.75; Jones S13,-
$3.50; Lenoir s427, ,954.75; O-1slow
s189. 9.171.25; Sampson S126, 1877. so;
Rladen s95, ,975; Brunswick s18,-
$3.50 Columbus S252, 329 .25; Cum.
berland S9o3, 1875; Fender, $28..
$40; Robson $43s. .8ss.75.
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GENERAL M'NAIR
WOUNDED IN WAR
Chief OF Army Ground
Forces Injured In Tu-
nisian Theater

WASHINGTON, April Is. III
1t. General Lesley ]. McNair, one
of the United States Arny's top
leaders, has been wounded on the
Tunisian front.
The War Departments announce
ment today gave no details of the
Friday mishap to the commanding
general of all Army Ground For
ces, saying "the exact circumstan-
ces are not yet known" 1t was
understood here, however, that Nc
Nair's injuries were not so serious
as to preclude his recovery.
1t. Gen. Ben Lear, commander
of the Second Army with headquar-
ters at Memphis, was called to
Washington to take temporary
command of the ground forces.
Lear, who only last week receiv-
ed the Distinguished Service Med
al, is due to be retired May 81
under the statutory age limit OF
"a, but is scheduled for immediate
recall to duty.
The announcement of McNair' S
wounding was the first disclosure
that McNair was in Africa. The
Army said he was on an inspection
trip.
McNair, SO, has had distin-
guished Army career. and once
was described by General George
C. Marshall, chief of staff, as the
brains of the Army" Graduated
from West Point in 1904, he served
with the Funston expedition to
Vera Cruz, Mexico, in 1914, Gen
eral John J. Pershing's expedition
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5th Federal Reserve Area
Observation-Disclosures

RICHMOND, Va, April 25.-lR
C. Anderson, executive
manager of the War Finance
Committee of the Fifth Federal
Reserve District said today the
district was over the top in the
Second War Loan drive.
This district is over the top
largely as a result of the subscrip-
tions received from large institu-
tional and corporate buyers" he
said. "We are far from our goal
in numbers of subscribers, how
ever, and we must extend our
selves during the balance Of the
drive if we are to measure up to
what is expected of us in this re-
spect.
Sales of series E war savings
bonds in the first % days Of April
are only 20 per cent of the same
period in March when no general
person-to-person solicitation was
being made. and when the March
Is income tax date was a consid-
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Morale
:SPhase : OF
Uncertainty
Steady Pounding OF Allied
Bombs And Talk OF In
vasion Responsible
GOEBBELS WARNS FOLK
Propaganda Minister Says
There Is No Way Back;
Sees Suffering

BERN, Switzerland, April
25.-P)-German morale at
home apparently is entering
a phase of uncertainty under
the steady pounding of Allied
bombs and talk of coming AL
lied offensives.
Propaganda Minister Goeb-
bels himself recognized this
when he told the people in a
recent Das Reich article that
"there is no way back" and
they must suffer to construct,
Indeed even to maintain
German order.
Increased Discipline Ahead
Goebbels took further cogni-
zance of the horne front feeiing
when he said bluntly that the peo-
pie could expect increasingly
strict leadership and those who
adjusted themselves most quick
ly would "come out best"
Here is the picture of Germany
today, put together by Allied OBJ
servers after careful analysis OF
availabl factual information and
with an effort to avoid wishful
thinking in the process:
Military action alone can end the
war against Germany on the ba-
sis of present conditions; any ex
pectation of internal collapse soon
is most improbable.
The first signs Of substantial
pessimism, resentment and weari-
ness are beginning to show. There
| is, at the same time, no import
ant sign of a serious crackup and
a large number, probably a con-
siderable majority, are convinced
they must stand and fight with
Hitler to the end.
A letter by German to his
daughter summarizes what good
many of Hitler's followers are say
ing: "There is much fighting
ahead. We fear much blood must
yet be shed, but also feel there is
no other course but to go on"
Nazi propaganda always has
played on the fear of the conse-
quences of defeat and this fear
is strengthened by the influx Of
100000 foreign workers. Ger
mans fear the might of long
knives" if they lose the war, quick,
bloody, terrible revenge from
these workers and the population
Of occupied countries. 1t is one
big reason they keep fighting.
The effect of new, heavy bombs
is a major element contributing
doubt among metropolitan popu-
lations. This is particularly no.
ticeable in Berlin, where many
have required medical treatment
for nerves.
Delay in the announcement of the
fate of the German army at Stall
| (Continued on Page Two: Col, 81
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FORECAST:
North Carolina Rising Temperature
Today.
eastern Standard Time)
(By U. S. Weather Bureau)
Meteorological data for the "a hours
ending 80 p. NJ, yesterday.
Temperature
1870 a. M, 60; 80 a. M, So; 1:30 p.
M, r.; 7:30 p. M, 65.
Maximum "a; Minimum 81; Mean 81;
Normal IS
Humidity
/ 30 a. M, 80; 1880 a. m, 88; 1 80 p.
M, 72; 1880 p. M, 80
Precipitation
Total for the "a hours ending 1880 p.
M, 600 inches.
Total since the first of the month,
21O inches.
Tides For Today
(From the Tide Tables published py
- u. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey =
High Low
Wilmington ------------ 2:25a. s:oZa.
Masonboro Inlet ------ 12:12a. 6:39a.
~ 12:39p. 6:50p.
Sunrise, 5:28 a. M; Sunset, :52 p. M;
Moonrise, 12 :2Oa.; Noonset, 10 SIP.
Cape Fear River stage at FayetteVliie
on Sunday, at a. M, 1880 feet.
CONTINUED on Page Two; Col. -
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BRITISH SAPPINC
AXIS LIFE LINES
Royal Navy Preying On
Shipping Across Sici-
han Straits

ABOARD A SUBMARINE DE
POT SHIP IN THE, MEDITERRA-
MEAN, April 81. - Delayed Up
British submarine crews which
carried on through the days OF the
heavy bombings of their Malta base
are having their inning and the Al
lied command has concentrated the
maximum number possible OF lts
underseas fleet against the Axis sup
DIV lines to Tunisia, a senior SUD-
marine officer declared today.
The officer, who had just made
a. tour of submarine bases in the
Mediterranean, said one Royal Ma
Wy submarine flotilla has sunk or
put out of action so large ships.
AS a result of the great inroads
on Axis shipping, other officers said
during an interview aboard this mo-
ther ship, Italian merchant cap
tains are getting their wind up
They were said to stick as close tc
the shore as possible so they car
run aground if attacked
Two young commanders just ir
from patrol of the Sicilian straits
cited instances in which they had
attacked three.ship conveys and tor
pedoed two of the ships while the
third ran aground to avoid being at.
tackled.
One commander had to chase q
ship SO close inshore that he ran
his own submarine aground and he
said that through his periseope he
saw "a horse and buggy less than
so yards away and the towns fire
department rushing about"
Disclosing that Greek subma.
rine flotilla, and French, Dutch,
Polish and Yugoslav submarines
were operating along with the Brit.
ish, the senior officer said the Ger
mans has placed mine fields In the
Sicilian channel, but had failed to
halt the sinkings.
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Walter Lippmann Says:
German Imperialism
Must Be Obliterated

ger and in keeping them unpre-
pared for the war. For these cor
porate and financial connections.
as set up by the German indus
trial irnperialists, entangle, often
unconsciously, powerful interests
in non-German nations. The Ger
man corporations are instruments
of the German state: their cor
porate allies in Britain, France or
America are private interests.
This is an unequal and unhealthy
connection. Arrangements between
private corporations and foreign
governments are always dubious,
and, when the foreign government
lis an aggressive military power,
they are never in the public in
terest. For when one partner is
the agent of war-like govern
ment and the other is a private
business, the private business is
certain to be ensnared and impli-
Gated in measures of which it can
not adequately realize the conse-
quences. -
By controlling German indus
trial policy, the barter agreements
and the corporate alliances can be
abolished, or in any event regu-
lated and supervised. German in.
dustry in its international dealings
is monopoistic to the core, and
therefore incapable of dealing
honestly in a world where free
enterprise prevails; it is also the
avowed instrument of German i'm.
perialism, and therefore it is in.
capable of dealing honestly with
nations which may, as seems not
(Continued on PAGE Three; Col. q
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FOE ADMITS Gain
Eighteen German Planes
Shot Down By Russians
In Air Battles
ENEMY LOSES HEAVILY
Nazi Troops Casualties
Said To Be About S.
600 During Week

LONDON, Monday, April
26. - (P) - Russian troops
have seized the rocky noun
tains trimming the Black Sea
nort of Novorossisk, last ma
ior German base in the Cau-
cssus, cas- the Berlin radio ac,
knowledged last night, and
The Soviet midnight communl-
oue said that an attacking
Red army had improved It's
positions in that area:
It was the first time Ber-
lin had disclosed the nearness
Of the Russians to Novoros-
sisk. A Transocean broadcast
recorded by the Associated !
Press reported that the Red !
army was Gin possession OF
particularly good and strong
n positions in the rocky noun
tains around the town.
Counterattack Repulsed
Tho Russians a week ago had re-
,,orted the capture of Azinskaya' ~
,,,;les northeast of Novorossisk' ana
,nsstaseyskaya, SO miles to the
north hut Soviet bulletins since
I,ova been confined to telling OF a
steady repulse of German counter
attacks, made in such strength as
to indicate a major enemy etlort
~ extand the CONSTRUCTED foothold IN
the Caucasus.
Fighting on that front yesterday
was mostly aerial combat, SAID tne
Midnight Russian communlque re-
corded by the Soviet monitor, put
one Red Army ground detachmens
was said to have improved It's po-
sition after stubborn battle.
Eighteen German planes were re-
norted shot down in combat, ana
Ped airmen also scored direct hlts
on German planes and observed eN-
nlosions' in a raid on an enemy ar
drome.
In the increased aerial activity ac-
companying last weeks amoltlous
Gernan land efforts, the Russians
said their airnaen destroyed 3Sl en-
onv nlanes at a cost of 134 Sovlet
aircraft.
German troop casualties were salo
n have approximated 5000 in one
weeks unsuccessful lunges at the
encircling Red army which aims te
eject the enemy from the Cauca
sus.
Soviet ships operating off the
Caucasian coast also sank an enc
NV submarine, the communlque
said. Russian airrnen on SATURDAY
sank two enemy torpedo boats.
West of Rostov along the Sea OF
Azov the communique said ooVle'
guners destroyed II blockhouse dug
outs Yesterday, and field troops Kill
ed 100 Germans in repulslng one
small counterattack.
There were also patrol and guer
rila stabs on the front west o.
Moscow, but the Army newspaper
Red Star said 55 of the 100 Ger
man tanks thrown against the Rus'
SLAMS in the Sevsk salient, 81 miles
below Bryansk, had been destroyed
in a three-day combat.
The battle was not reported II
Russian communicates, the latest o.
which carried the familiar refrain
mo significant changes took place
at the 'front.'
Red Star said the Sevsk assaults
across the congealing black eartf
were local and that all were re
pulsed. The 81 tanks destroyed were
credited to a lone Soviet unit.
Large scale air battles were
fought in many sectors above the
relatively dormant front. The Rus
lfnpfi,,uoJ ~. Do m TNxUn. FOL C)
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they Strafed the town ana lnStaIla-
tions. A similar visit was paid the
Saidor area. All these operations
We're before daybreak.
Late in the afternoon q single
Liberator attacked the Madang air.
drome, starting fires, while lone
B-24 bombed the dock area at Fins
chhafen and a formation of A-20's
bombed and strafed enemy positions
near Mubo.
Medium bombers attacked the
town of Timika, Dutch New Guinea,
and Dobo in the Aroe islands. Four
enemy fighters attempted intercep-
tion over Dobo but all We're driven
off and one of them was damaged.
Meanwhile a spokesman for Gen
eral Macarthur said that Japan
ese convoy, which was attacked by
~
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TIGHTEN PRESSURE
Allied Armor And Infantry
Hammer At Foe Along
14O Mile Front
BRITISH NEAR TUNIS
Attack On Vital Hill Gives
First Army Inroad On
Axis Position

A l. L. r ID HEADQUAR-
TIERS l N NORTH AFRICA,
April 25-(P)-French troops
have seized Djebel Mansour,
strategic hill position 10 miles
southwest of Pont du Fahs,
the French announced today
while Allied armor and infan-
try kept hammering at Ger
man positions all along the
mountainous, 140-mile Tunis-
ian front.
Djebel Mansour, scene of
bloody fighting earlier in the
Tunisian campaign, was evac-
uated by the Germans after
"lively pressure" from French
troops intensified in the last
"a hours, a French communi-
que declared, and one spokes-
man said it might be the first
indications that the Germans
were starting evacuation of
their southern positions. The
hill is the key to high defens-
es the Germans held on the
northern end of the Grand
Dorsal, which formed a sali-
ent into Allied-held territory.
Alexander Strikes
North Of this French advance,
Gen. Sir Harold Alexander has
thrown British armor into a savage
battle with two German tank divis-
ions southeast of Goubellat,
quarters spokesman said.
(The London radio, In broad
cast recorded in New York by CHS,
asserted that the Eighth Army on
the Nazi southern front had forced
new advance, driving along the
coastal plain for about IL miles
from Enfidaville, and is now with
in striking distance of Bou Ficha."
(The German-controlled Paris ra-
dio said Allied tank assaults by
the First Army on gigantic
scale" had driven wedges into the
Axis lines. Lieut.. Gen. K. A. N.
Anderson, First Army comman-
der, is Throwing masses Of tanks
into the fighting" this broadcast
declared.)
The French reported they were
advancing farther eastward from
Djebel Mansour in conjunction with
Eighth Army troops, in the noun
tains dominating the Pont du Fahs
gap. One patrol captured 100 Ital-
ians, the communique said.
While all the important spear
heads in the Allied semi-circle
made gains toward Tunis and BIZ
zerte against Germans ordered to
fight to their last bullet, IA Ger
man tanks were destroyed in the
tangled engagement with the 10th
and 18th panzer divisions in the
sector below Medjez-el-Bab, where
the British advanced in two col
umns to eight miles east of Gou-
bellat and to Djebel Fouane, 10
miles southeast of Goubellat.
German bombers, fighters and
anti-tank planes were thrown into
the hectic struggle, which lasted
all day yesterday and last night
and the spokesman said it was not
clear what positions had been won
or lost by the opposing forces.
The second U. S. Army Corps Of
Lieut.. Gen. George S. Patton, Jr.,
maintaining strong pressure along
Continued on Page Two: Col. g.
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Leland Man Wounded
In African Fighting

John R. Selars, technician 5th
grade, son of John T. Selars of
Leland, has been reported wound
ed in the North African area II
was learned here Sunday night.
According to the War Depart
ment report, no information as to
the extent of his injuries or details
on the action could be divulged.
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MacArthur'S BOmberS
Pound Japs At WeWak

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN AUSTRALIA Mon
day, April 26-P)-Flying Fortresses, ranging along the
north coast of New Guinea from Wewak to Saidor deiv
cred heavy punches General MacArhurs air force in
limited Easter Sunday operations
The huge BITS left purnes of heavy black smoke
trailing aoft from the Wewak ardrome after 26minute
pre-dawn attack Then they proceeded to Madang where
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-04-26
Only One Man Lost
In Atlantic Raider
Sinkings Last Week
BY The Associated Press

By The Associated Press
Four Merchant vessels, an
n0unced last week as sunk in
the Western Atlantic by Axis
U-boats, went down with a loss
of only one man among crews
totaling 167.
The losses raised to GAG the
Associated Press tabulation of
announced Allied and neutral
sinkings In Western Atlantic
enemy action since Pearl Har.
bOr.
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notice.!

If your carrier fails to
leave your copy Of the Will
mington Morning st ar,
Phone 2-3311 before 900 a.
m. and one will be sent to
you by special messenger.
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-04
MisspellIng OF Name
Causes Trouble for Girl
~ Prohlem Clinlc.

War Problem Clinic.
My daughters name has been
miSSpelled on both her birth GER
tifcate and her social security
card. This came about because
my last name IS so difficult 20
pronounce that l have used sim
pier one instead,
II Is sometimes embarrassing for
her when she makes out appllca-
tionS for employment What must
do and whom must | write 10
correct her birth record and social
security? MRS. J. r.
Dear Mrs ]. r:
IL il not difficult TO get
name changed In the probate
court, specially when the orig
inal name was very difficult 10
pronounce. II Is also quite pos
slble to give your daughter an
affidavit to present with her
birth certificate In which
change of name Is explained.
Your daughter has perfect
right 10 assume any name that
she cares to, In good faith, with
out court order. However,
sometimes that in difficult 10
explain TO an employer or some
one else.
FRED NJ. BUTZEL, chair
man of the Council of Social
Agencies.
Q-I am expecting my fiance
next month. on his leave He is
IN the navy and is chief machin-
lists mate. What is the proper
way 10 introduce him 10 my
friends MISS d. r.
A-When you introduce him,
use the title of Chief followed
by his name. THE CLINIC.
Q-My son who has been un-
dergolng Treatment for the past
year for chronic Bright's disease,
has recently been reclasSlfied in
IA. Does this mean he will be
inducted. regardless of the fact
that he has this disease?
MRS. p. w.
A-1Our son VIII undergo a
physical examination when
called for service. The exam
liners will determine whether or
not he is physically fit for the
army. THE CLINIC.
Q-I am is years old and would
like 10 become a nurses aide IN
any of the large hospitals. Where
should / 60 TO register my serv-
ices? MISS N. c.
A--You should go TO the near
est Red Cross branch and regis
ter there. They will tell you
what else you must do.
THE CLINIC
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-04
War Problem CHnic:
WarMarriage inHands
Of Soldier and His Girl


Marriage IN wartime +, "a cues
ton which countless younE couple,
have been contemplating IN the
past few wears.
Those who in pcaccumc would
not hesitate about making their
plans. are doubtful about taNng
such steps under war CondI tons
on the other hand. some are in.
clined 20 overlook obstacles and
hasten their marriage 10 She face
Of possible separation soon after
the ceremony.
Al any rate, Tho couple must
take many things into conSldcra-
non. Letters have come 10 The
WAR PROBLEM CLINIC asking
several questions about individual
situations. and various members
Of the Clinic panel have offered
their advice on the subject To-
day Miss Mary NJ O Nell, assist
ant director OF the metropolitan
Detroit USO. supplies The answer
10 a younL woman seeking such
advice.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-04
Her Hasiy Marriage
To Soldier Regretted
War Problem Clinic.

War Problem Clinic
went with "A man for only TWO
months when he took me hy sur
prise and asked me 10 marry him.
] accepted and four days after
our marriage he left for the army.
Before | met him ! had been
going with another fellow for al
most two years lie used TO date
other girls, and Ipwould get very
angry at this When he found
that | was doing the same thing
he begged me 10 come back 10
him. but l didn't
Now he is in the army, too. and
when he comes home on furlough
he asks me 20 60 out with him
He IS on my mind continuously
and / find myself wishing / were
not married Could you help me
out IN any WAY MRS, a. ".
Dear Mrs. A. w:
Your obligation Is quite clear.
You have accepted the love and
affection of your husband and
he IL entitled 10 love and aficc-
ton from you. You cannot 20
back on your solemn promises
without doing "A great injury 10
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-04

him and 10 society a. well.
Make every effort 10 foster
better understanding between
yourselves by writing him cheer
ful letters frequently.
The fact that another man
now wishes 10 keep company
with YOU l. no reason for grant
ing his request, He had his
chance and didn't take IL. Now
he is no longer eligible. You
are unfair 10 your husband, N
YOU keep company with another
man
REV. JOSEPH 4. FOLEY, =.
T.. student Counselor at the
University Of Detroit.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-04
Marriage in Wartime
Problem Faces Couple

War Problem Clinic
! am "a years old and my boy
friend is p. We have been en-
gagged for two years Before he
left for the army, he asked me 10
get married, but my parents adj
vlSed us 10 wait till after the war.
Now ne would like 10 be married
on his next furlough What would
you advise me 10 do?
MISS NJ J.
Dear Miss NJ. j.:
1 think this il question
which YOU and the boy friend
Will have 10 decide. You are
both old enough, have known
each other long enough so that
you should know what you want
10 do. Marriage in wartime in
wolves many additional problems
which one does not have 10 face
In peace time. If YOU are both
fully aware of these problems,
and willing 90 accept them a.
part of your marriage, see no
reason why you should not be
married.
MISS MARY VI. O'NEILL.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-04
Girl Singer is, Seeks
To Entertain SerVicsmen

War Problem Clinic:
am a girl of 10 years. can
sing pretty we'll and would like 10
entertain Servicemen. Would you
please tell me what l should do
and where l should 60 10 make
arrangements for this?
MISS d. +.
Dear Miss ID. T.:
You may write directly 10 MIR.
Claire Toppin at 40l w. Lafay-
cite. the main USO Center. Mr..
Toppin Is i'm charge of entertain
ment for the USO and will be
glad 10 tell you what arrange
ments are necessary.
MISS MARY vi. O'NEILL.