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The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-03
Clio AND TRAINMEN
CALL FOR $4,000
CEILING ON INCOMES
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tend to "dry up venture capital
and stifle system of free enter
prise"
Republicans let it be known they
will insist upon coupling a pro-
gram of government economy"
with any rise in taxes.
Leading lawmakers said they
recognized that needs of war re-
quire all the revenue possible with
out drying up tax sources, but
some could see prospects of rails
ing only about 1000, O0O,0 900 to add
to the present annual collection rate
of around $4,000. 100000.
Joining with the CLIO and the
Trainmen in offering a tax pro-
gram were the National Farmers
Union, League of Women Shoppers
and the National Lawyers Guild.
In addition to a $25, 1000 limit on in
come-President Roosevelt order
ed such ceiling on salaries last
year but congress lifted it-they
asked changes to lower taxes on
small incomes while increasing
them on business and middle and
higher incomes.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-03
FIRE CHIEF URGES
HOME INSPECTION
Elimination Of All Hazards
Asked During Fire
Prevention Week

1T is vitality important to the
welfare OF the United States OF
America that each and every citi.
zen OF Wilmington inspect his home
curing Fire Prevention Week and
eliminate all possible fire haz.
ards" Fire Chief j. L. Groom
said Saturday in announcing the
opening of the annual anti-fire
campaign Monday.
He said that members of the
department would aid by conduct.
ing a detailed inspection of every
home, business property and
school in Wilmington during the
week.
Fire drills will also be held at
all public schools.
The government cannot wage
an about war and rebuild de-
molished and burned cities at the
same time" Chief Groom declar.
you can help the government
by thoroughly inspecting your
home and removing the causes
that start a fire.
After suggesting that citizens,
if in doubt, call the fire depart
ment to aid in the inspection of
4 home, the chief made the fol-
lowing suggestions:
l. Place oily cleaning rags and
mops in a metal container.
2. Do not allow rubbish to &C.
cumulate.
3. Do not use gasoline or other
inflammable cleaning agent in the
home.
4. Do not leave an iron connect
ed while using the telephone or
performing some other cilore.
5. Replace dried, curled-up
wooden shingles with some type
of fire-resistant roofing.
6. Do not place hot ashes in a
pasteboard Or wooden container.
T. Do not smoke in bed.
8. Do not sweep trash down furn-
ace registers.
9. Check stovepipes for leaks.
10. Keep grass and weeds now
ed down.
Lets all get together and make
this your best fire prevention
week yet" he concluded.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-03
SCRAP DRIVE WILL
OPEN HERE THURSDAY
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Among those who will be pres
ent will be Brig. Gen. James X.
Townsend, commanding general
and Col. Adam E. Potts, camp
commander of Camp Davis; Col.
John M. Author of the U. S. Ma
rine corps who took part in the
battle of Guadalcanal; j. c. May
field of the North Carolina Ship
building company; w. S. Mccall
of Raleigh, district salvage chair
man of the War Production
board; and Alex Sprunt, of the
New Hanover salvage committee.
The entire industrial salvage
program for the state is under
the direction of B. B. Gossett Of
CT arlotte, state chairman.
Senator Wade will speak over
Radio Station WMFD, in behalf
of the scrap program, at tbs p.
m. Wednesday.
He will also conduct a similar
meeting, to be held at Fayette-
vile in the near future.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-03

such as dry beans and peas, SOW.
beans, peanuts, wheat, vegetables
and potatoes would get first claim
on the use of crop land.
Feed crops, particularly lower.
yielding types, would give Way
to food crops and higher yield.
ing feed crops. Because feed SUN.
plies are expected to be 18 Der
cent smaller per animal unit The
goals call for reduction in some
types of livestock production, par.
ticulary hogs, chickens, and tur.
keys.
The goals suggest the following
percentage increases over this
years expected production Or
acreage: milk 3, egss one, beef
cattle and calves marketed for
slaughter 10, hay 3, corn g. wheat
2G, soybeans %, peanuts 81, ST..
gar beets AZ. potatoes 2. sweet
potatoes s, fresh vegetables TO-,
vegetables for processing 6, dry
beans and peas 10.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-03
.WOMEN'S DIVISION
HELPS BOND DRIVE
Volunteers, School Person
mel, Others Sell $780,
416 In Bonds

Working under the Women's di'
vision of the War Finance com
mittee during the Third War Loan
Drive here, volunteers, school
personnel. and members of the
Citizens Service Corps. have sold
1886, 41630 in bonds. Mrs. Bere-
niece Stellings, chairman of the
division. announced Saturday.
The amount was collected in
the door-to-door canvass. at bond
booths maintained at headquar-
tiers in the Tide Water building,
the postoffice, and Belk-Williams,
and through county schools.
The committee extended com.
mendation to all workers in the
division and pronounced their eff
forts highly successful"
A detailed report showed these
results from zone leaders in the
door-knocker drive: Mrs. James
K. Paul, Forest Hills, BATS;
Mrs. E. L. White, Oleander, $685.
$50: Mrs. A. M. Alderman, Zone
5, S27,562; Mrs. Herbert Coding-
ton, S12,950: Mrs. E. C. Hicks,
Zone 1. S10,O75: Mrs. D. M. OAR
den, Brookwood. $4,725; Mrs. Les
lie Boney, Zone 9, $4,450; Mrs.
Dorothea Quelch, East Whining
ton, $3.50; Mrs. w. L. Bissinger,
Zone 8, and Mrs. Tatum, 1881. %:
Mrs. Finley Mcmillan, s1,275;
Mrs. Bradley Wooten. Chestnut
Heights. SLOTS; Mrs. James, De-
Tense Trailer Camp, S425; Home
Demonstration club, Kure's
Beach, $3.50; Mrs. William Dosher,
Glen Arden, $3.50. Total, $780,
350.O5.
From Monday through Thursday
of the week. the American Legion
auxiliary sold s14,1Oo in bonds at
the booth in the Tide Water build
ing. Previously unreported were
sales by the Catholic Daughters,
81, 552.05, and the Concordia So
ciety. $500. Previous sales at
booths were listed at $183. 1878. 95.
E. R. Blakeslee, director of
bond drives in the city and coun-
ty schools, paid high tribute to
the work of students and teach
ers, which netted sales in the
amount of $40, 774.8o.
At Chestnut Heights school, I'M
der the direction of Mrs. E. c..
Hines, Jr., the pupils sold $4,000
ir bonds. Other sales: New Han
over High, 81, 80; Hemingway,
81, so; Tileston, $3,925; Lake
Forest, $685.; Sunset Park,
$450.65; Washington Catlett. ST.
725; Wrightsboro, So, 700; Forest
Hills, $5.187.6 go: Bradley Creek, ST.
581.50: Winter Park, 1925: Caro-
lima Beach, $167; Williston Indus
trial, $50; Peabody, S200.75; Will
liston Primary, $50.
The Crystal restaurant reported
100 per cent purchase of bonds
among its employees, the total
amounting to $1,76250
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-03
FARM GOALS SET
AT RECORD MARK
Call For Use OF Every U.
S. Crop Acre And Every
Farming Facility

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 lR -
With military and foreign relief
demands for food steadily increas-
ing, the War Food Administration
has set 1914 farm production goals
which call for use of every crop
acre and every farming facility
in the country.
Given average growing cons.
tons, the proposed splanting
would provide the nation with d
harvest considerably greater than
the record output of food expect
ed this year.
The goal will be laid before
Congress on Wednesday, and be-
fore state agricultural war boards
at meetings to be held this month.
The first state meetings will open
Monday at Denver, Colo, Man
haitian, Kas., Baton Douge, La,
Jackson, Miss, Columbus, O., and
Madison, Wis.
In addition to increased over,
all volume, the program proposes
significant changes in the nation s
agricultural pattern. Some of the
direct food consumption crops
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-03
DRASTIC RUBBER
SHORTAGE SEEN
Akron Executives Point To
Need OF Tire Conserva-
ton Measures

AKRON, O., Oct. 2-LP-A pos
sible breakdown in rubber-borne
transportation unless immediate
and drastic tire conservation mea-
sures are taken was seen today
by executives of five major Ak
ron rubber companies.
A survey of the industry's lead
ers brought into sharp focus steps
taken by the government to pre-
vent exhaustion of the present
small stock of new truck and pas
senger car tires before the indus
try can get into volume produc-
ton of synthetic tires.
Rubber executives viewed the
new reduction value of B and c
gasoline ration coupons from three
to two gallons as major help
in tire conservation. Other steps
in this direction were the 20 per
cent cut in the October quotas of
passenger car tires and the boost
ing to COL miles the essential
monthly driving a car owner must
do hcf~~n No =" fr''' i" '-N'v
passenger car tire ration certifi-
Gaze.
The president of one rubber
company declared the nations
stock of tires now is less than
100000, adding the supply is
mainly one of manpoWer.
"There is plenty of synthetic
rubber, but not enough workers
to convert it into tires" said
President William O'Neil of the
General Tire & Rubber Co.
This industry normally oper-
ates with 100000 tires in stock.
1t is now reduced to less than
100000 tires. Obviously this
means there will not be enough
tires until the manpower problem
is solved. We have lost many
good workers. Add to this the
fact that the men left behind are
working slower than the men who
went into service, and you can
understand the critical position we
are in
Tires now on the nations pas
senger cars are being burned up
by widespread violation of the
35-nile-an-hour driving rule, in
dustry leaders indicated. Mean
while, in addition to the man.
power problem, manufacturers
are facing technical problems in
handling synthetic and threat
ened shortage of tire fabric.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-03
MEET
DELEGATION liked
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gates next year is in accordance
with the decision of the 1910 con-
ventlon authorizing a bonus of two
adoltlonal delegates at large from
each state casting its electoral
vote for the party's presidential
ticket that year. Thirty-eight states
with an electoral vote of 449 went
for the Roosevel-Wallace ticket.
The ten states giving a majority
tor the Willkie-McNary republican
slate were Colorado, Indiana, Iowa,
Kansas, Maine, Michigan, Neb.
raska, North and South Dakota
and Vermont-with an aggregate
electoral vote of 80.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-03
REDS ADV ON
UPPER DNLEPER RIVER
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vii axe oHtJ
tory that offered almost the same
natural obstacles Of marsh and
wilderness, the Russians won the
fortified town of Starotitarovskaya
less than 20 miles from the western
tip of the Taman peninsula and on
ly about 80 miles from the town of
Kerch in the Crimea. Five hun
dred Germans were killed in the
battle, the communique said.
Mentioning the German Kuban
bridgehead for the first time in
several days, the communique said
the Germans were trying to beat
back the Soviet advance by count
erattacks and artillery and mortar
barrages. One unit of Russian sap
pers in seven days fighting re-
moved so, 900 German mines.
Two other defense points were
reported captured as the Germans
fell back toward the Kerch strait
escape route into the Crimea.
A Berlin broadcast reported fresh
Russian attacks in the Kuban area
as well as enveloping attempts
undertaken from the sea" which it
said were defeated.
Only the Germans mentioned
what appeared to be one of the
most powerful Soviet drives on the
Russian front in several weeks
that in the South Ukraine. The
Germans claimed on Friday they
had defeated a five-day push by Is
Soviet divisions on a 70-mile front
around zaporozhe, where the
Dnieper river bends far to the east
in the Southern Ukraine.
Later Berlin broadcasts admit
ted the Russians took to the attack
again early Saturday morning with
three armies, or about II divisions,
plus special troops, tank forma-
tons and motorized units.
"a fresh and particularly mas
sive enemy assault was opened
Saturday morning according to the
latest dispatches from the front"
said the broadcast recorded by the
Associated Press. "The new at
tack was prepared by artillery fire
on German positions and was her
aided by a massed offensive of
battleplanes and bombers. In the
hope of having thus softened up
German lines, the enemy then pro-
ceeded to put his tanks and motor
lied special formations into ac-
tion."
The Germans then went on to
contend that in the ensuing violent
fighting the Russian attacks were
repulsed and the attempted break
through failed.
The broadcast made clear that
the Germans believed the Russians
were aiming not only to conquer the
lower reaches of the Dnieper but
were pointing toward a drive to
cut off the entire Crimean PENN
sula and the German armies in it.
1.-THE road to the Crimea-it is
stressed here-remains blocked to
the Soviet forces" the Germans
said.
The Soviet communique has
made no mention of the area for
some days.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-03
EPISCOPAL CHURCH
OPENS CONVENTION
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Epihcopal house of bishops and
the house of clerical and lay dep
uties opened the ten-day legisla-
tive meeting. The Rev Phillips E..
Osgood of Boston was elected presi-
dent of the house of deputies, sue
ceeding the Rt. Rev. Zebarney T.
Phillips, u. S. senate chaplain, who
died recently.
The House of Bishops reelected
the Ri. Rev. Henry Knox Sheriff.
of Boston, bishop of Massachu-
sets and chairman of the Army
Navy chaplains' commission, as
vice chairman, and selected the
Rev. John H. Fitzgerald of New
York as secretary.
The Ri. Rev. Henry st. George
Tucker, presiding bishop, is chair
man of the convention, by virtue of
his office. Bishop Sheriff. and MIR.
Osgood were named for three-year
terms.
First major resolution introduce
ed in the House of Bishops de-
nounced present immigration laws
as discriminating against Chinese,
and demanded revision of the laws
by congress. The resolution was re-
ferred to committee for consider
alton.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-03
MRS SARAH ELLIOTT

TABOR CITY, Oct. 2.-Funeral
services for Mrs. Sarah Elliott
were held at the Greensea, S. c.,
Baptist church at 8 p. m. Satur-
day by the Rev. B. c. Gleason
Interment was in the Zion GENE
terry in Horny county, S. C.
Mrs. Elliott died at her home
near Greensea Friday, after a
long illness. She was 43 years old.
Surviving are her husband, j.
A. Elliott, two daughters, Mar
garet and Lois, two sons, Herbert
and Kenneth, all of them home;
three sisters, Mrs. Garland Sloan
of Marion, S. c., Miss Irene Floyd
of Washington, D. c., Miss Nell
Floyd of Mullins, S. c.; three
brothers, Frank Floyd of Wash
ington, .. c., James B. Floyd OF
Greensea, S. c., and John FLOYD
of the U. S. Navy, located in the
South Pacific.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-03
Pile Torture
Soothed In Few Minutes

Act now for quick relief from
torture OF piles. Don't wait an
other day but apply Peterson's
Ointment at once, the cooling
soothing, astringent formula that
has brought joyful relief to thou.
sands for 80 years. Relieves itch
ing promptly. All druggists have
peterson's Ointment, 35c box, or
6Oc in tube with applicator. Mon
ey cheerfully refunded if not de.
lighted
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-03
ENLARGE STAFF

DURHAM, Oct. 2.-IR-TWentv
four additions to its teaching staff
for the current school year were
announced today by Duke univer.
sity. These new teachers will
work in the departments of aes.
thetics, art and music, English,
mathematics, physics, political
science, zoology, physical educa.
ton and in the college of engi.
neering.
Foundation of the Washington
Monument extends IS feet below
Ground level.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-03
BRISK FIGHT RACES
NORTH OF NAPLES AS
ALLIES CHASE NAILS


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wall in northern 1taly and ther'
to defend the fortress Of Europ'
with the last drop Of blood. !
Nszj military sp3}>esi,1 was quot
ed as ,ieels ring he German arm.
co,,ld sd suel, wall many year
81 necessary until the Allie:
are Convinced IRE war is futile.
(Su-;Ss dispatches 20 Stockholm
o. ,,e re hand. quoted Italian
sources As saving I e Nazis were
f,aS;ns ~ strong new defense pc
s;-,,,s y, .he l-;stori- Castelli Ro'
ms ~cEion along the Appian Way
anlv ; dozen miles southeast OF
Hc.rc. The Pope summer resi-
den 3. Castel Gandolfo is in the
area
Record Raids
Record raids into Germany and
Austria yesterday by American
Flying Fortre; es and Liberators
Of the northwestern Africa force
have a convincing demonstration
that the day already has come
when Gernany-the whole core
of Hitlerism-can , attacked from
almost any direction.
OF the approximately 1900 miles
the big bombers flew on their
roundtrip to attack the Munich
area and a Messerschmitt aircraft
factory at Wiener Neustadt near
Vienna, tWo-fifths can be Topped
off as soon as the Fo5gla fields
are in shape.
The first raids in daylight on
Germany from this theater cost
the Allies less than ere fourth the
number of planes lost in a re-
cent raid on the same area car
ried out from England. In all op-
erations yesterday IA American
and British planes were lost, S
against SO lost by the Eighth Air
force when it struck into Austria
early this summer. The airforce
did not say what proportion OF
Allied planes lost yesterday were
heavy bombers.
The Ali | command continues to
emphasize that really tough fight
ing which may dwarf any yet seen
outside the Russian front must yet
be undertaken befor u Italy will
be free of the Germans.
The Nazis have acrifced re-
latively small proportion of their
combat troops, tanks, planes and
guns in resisting the invasion OF
Italy so far, and ave carefully
conserved the bulk of their fuel
supplies again Il day when the
real showdown bait will begin.
Allied troops found that only a
few buildings near the Naples wa
terfront were Labitable, the result
of heavy b-~1bings - the indus
trial area and the port when they
were being used by the enemy.
The greater part of the city how
ever had been spared severe dam
age by the bombers.
Italian officers and civilians who
had been in Naples throughout the
German occupation declare that
mos of the damage to the central
and eastern parts of the city was
caused by the Nazis, who mined
many buildings and set fire to
others.
An official report said: The
port and railway station are In
ruins. The port is graveyard OF
Axis shipping. Some c. the craft
had been salvaged and repaired by
the Germans, only to be scuttled
few days ago
warehouses, docks and all har-
Dor installations had been bombed
SO often that repairs became futile.
Under German orders, however,
the Italians ha / to work day and
night to clear away the rubble
and reconstruct tie l .nding quays.
They had to defy OH bombs and
carry on to provide port facilities
for the Germans.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-03
Few Details OF New Cam
paign Reach Neutral
Shores OF Turkey
TROOPS TAKE KHl0S
Germans Bomb Islands AL
ready In Hands OF Eng
l;sh And Greeks
BY WILLIAM b. KING

ANKARA. Turkey. Oct 1.-NDs
layed>. ga large-sca-e n'ili
tary campaign for control q me
inner islands of the Aegean IS II
progress just out Of earshot Of
Turkey. but amazingly few details
of the battle reach these neutral
shores.
Passengers on a Turkish steam
er returning from Iznir on voy'
age along the Turkish Aegean
ccest today reported rvnlors that
Allied forces had occupied the
Greek island Of Klios (Chlos',
and said they heard cannonadlng
from the direction of Mytllene
Oesbos), another Greek island
near the Turkish shore.
Khios is about midway between
the Italian Dodecanese islands
and the Dardanelles, and Mytl-
lene is only about so miles south
OF the Dardanelles.
Hear Bombing
Watchers along Turkeys east
erl cosstline are able to hear the
distant rumble as the Germans
bomb islands already in Allied
hands and as the Allies concen-
tIate on new detectives in the
island-dotted sea.
The campaign apparently is a
Joint effort of the British and
Greeks who have been trained in
the Middle East. There are no
reports of American participa-
ton.
British military personnel sta
toned in Turkey became indig-
nant over reports from Turkey
that Lero and Coo in the Dode-
canese and the Greek island of
Samos to the north had been cap
tured almost week before the
occupati ton was announced by the
Allied Middle East command at
Cairo. The British military re-
fuse to discuss the fighting, eth
er with American or British cor
respondents.
Watchers along the coast south
OF Izmir witnessed a heavy Ger
man air raid on Coo and Lero
three days ago in which it was
estimated at least so German
bombers participated.
Indicates Importance
Such heavy attack is the best
indication Of the Importance at
tached to the drive against the is
lands which might be developed
into bases for campaign into
the Greek mainland.
The Allied occupation forces are
believed to be well dug in, how
ever, and there are indications
that they already are spreading
their sphere of activity.
Air activity over the Aegean
has grown tremendously.
A British Spitfire crashed on
Turkish soil yesterday, while
three others came down earlier in
the week.
The Istanbul press reported all
the occupants were killed when
tsllObl.VI lJldllC u oSICd, willie II
crew members we're interned
when their planes were forced to
land Two Of the latter crew
members we're wounded.
In addition troop transport is
known to have crashed in the Wa
ter just off shore, leaving Is more
British soldiers to be interned.
The large transport was speeding
along just a few feet above the
water when the glare of the sun
caused the pilot to lose control
for an instant.
Allied troops apparently have
been brought into the islands al
most entirely by air, as the Ger
mans still control an island screen
based on Crete and Rhodes at
the entrance to the Aegean. This
control makes the use of water
transports almost impossible.
,
An echo is a proof of the fact
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-03
ARMY MAY ISSUE
STATEMENT ON NEW
DRAFT PROPOSALS
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ball, Hershey said those organiza-
ton is constantly assailed" by
people who see what they consider
physically-fit young men not in uni
form at a time when fathers are
being indicted.
81 feel that any man who can
be taken ought to be taken" he
said, but explained that selective
service has nothing to do with re-
iecions at induction centers.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-03
Obituaries
H. d. SWISHER

H. D. Swisher, So, died in Duke
hospital at Durham last Sunday.
Funeral services were held at
Lynchburg, Va, last Thursday
He is survived by one brother, j.
T. Swisher of Portsmouth, Va.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-03
FULBRICHT PLAN
VOTE IS SOUGHT
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ICUHCIIueU UHI "6C 011o7
the prospect Of Incorporate de-
bate by a small minority OF sena-
tors" is no justification for "evad-
ing action now. Continued SEN
ate delay, he said, merely would
s.play into the hands of those few
intenonerate senator's"
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-03
MRS ELIZABETH POTTER

Funeral services for Mrs. Eliza
beth w Potter were conducted at
II a, m. Saturday at the Sharon
church near Supply, in Brunswick
county, by the Rev. W. G. Lowe.
Interment was in the church
cemetery.
Mrs. Potter died at her home
in Winnabow Wednesday morn
ing. She was "a years old.
She is survived by her husband,
J. c. Potter and one daughler.
Mrs. Sallie ]. Reeves, both OF
Winnabow; three sons, j. B. Pot.
ter of Charlotte, W. D. Potter OF
Little Rock, Ark, and H. M. Pot
ter of WinnaboW; three grand
children.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-03

One of the wars serio-comic
exploits was disclosed when the
Navy reported that Lieut.. Paul E.
Coughlin, above, of Edna, Mo-,
and his radioman "herded'' $50
Italians into the American lines
in Sicily without leaving their
plane. The aviators flushed the
italians from a hill where they
were making a stand against adj
vancing Yanks, then flew low, and
by directing machine gun bursts
at their heels, shepherded them
down to the beach and captivity.
U. S. Navy photo from NEA
(Telephoto.'
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-03

The Minneapolis public library
was the first library to prepare a
special children's department.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-03

An echo is a proof of the fact
that sound waves require time to
travel.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-03

The western art of boxing was
introduced to the Chinese by the
U. S. Marines