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The Wilmington morning star., 1943-03-13
R0UEN SMASHED
BY Raj MIGHT
Big Rail And Supply Gen.
ter For Nazis Hit For
Second Time

LONDON, March -. -R- For
the second time in a week, Amer
lean heavy bombers today attack
ed the railway and supply center
of Rouen, France, following a
heavy night assault by the Raj
on Stuttgart, industrial and COM
munications point in southwest
Germany.
Escorted by swarms of Spitfires,
the American planes pounded OIL
tanks and railroad yards at Rouen
in a 45-mile thrust into France
designed to wreck vital German
rail Communications leading to the
coast.
Not single American plane was
lost, USAAF headquarters and the
British Air Ministry announced II
a joint communique which SAID
the escorting Spitfires destroyed
three enemy fighters.
So we'll did the Spitfires protect
the bonbers that they were glver
wide berth by German fighters
The pilots reported direct hits
on concentration of 1000 freight
cars and fires bursting from large
oil tanks nearby.
German Focke-Wulfs and Mes
serschmitts kept so far away from
the attackers that they could hard
ly be seen among the huge swarms
of Spitfires which covered t h {
bombers on all sides.
The attack came only a few
hours after a heavy concentration
of British bombers had plowed a
path of death and destruction
through Stuggart. Eleven of the
night bombers failed to get back
from the raid, the eighth blasting
of Germany in II nights thi S
month.
The German communique ac.
knowledged that great damage
was done in the industrial city and
that there were casualties.
Other raids on Berlin, Hamburg,
Essen, Munich and Nuremberg this
fr.-ks-,.a ~. no~o Vyv,,n. CnI Rl
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-03-13
C0EBBELS WARNS
NAZlS OF CRISES
Says War Now In Ger
many's Favor But Cau-
ton Must Be Observed
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

DR.. Paul Joseph Goebbels, Ger
many's minister of propaganda,
writes in the latest issue OF his
magazine Das Reich that the war
on the Russian front 'has under
gone an essential change in our
favor" the Berlin radio said today
(Friday) in a broadcast recorded
by the Associated Press in New
York.
At the same time, the radio said,
Goebbe1s warned the people of Ger
many not to be "swayed by any
rash illusions" nor to "stagger
blindly into a fresh and more per-
ilous crisis"
"We have been shaken by mis-
fortune so great as to almost de-
prive us of consciousness" Goeb-
bells was quoted as writing. while
we were thus scourged as by
thongs of a whip we took a vow
that it would never happen again.
1.-The situation in the East dur
ing past months was exactly as
we described it. Meanwhile, it has
undergone an essential change in
our favor, and of course we do
not hesitate to bring this fact just
as frankly to the knowledge of the
public.
Total war, which we are now
waging to small extent but the
greater part of which still is in
preparation. could hardly be ex-
pected to have already contributed
to overcoming the present crisis.
''Its purpose is, rather, to serve
to prevent similar crises arising
in the future. The necessity OF
total war is the great lesson taught
us by our experiences of the past
Winter''
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-03-13
'$284,0SS TAKEN
IN BACK TAKES
Delinquent Collection Of
flee Reports Good Av-
erage In Last Year

The delinquent tax bureau Of the
city-county tax office has collect
ed total OF $284, ,O88. Is since it.
establishment approximately 8
year ago, j. E. Canaday, head o.
the bureau said Friday.
The bureau head also warned al
property owners who owe back
taxes that the bureau would con
tinue its policy Of prosecuting law
suits against all delinquents, re
gardless of the amount.
Of the total, $144, ,5O8.01 repre-
sented city back taxes and $780,.
580.24 was in taxes collected fol
the county.
Mr.. Canady said his department
had collected over $36, 900 since
October, 1912, at which time the
1941 tax books were turned ovel
to him.
At the same time he warned
that notices had been sent out te
all property owners in the city
who are tax-delinquent, and. thai
no further notices would be sent
IAN property owners who have
received these notices and fol
some reason have ignored them
will find themselves involved ir
court action" he said. 1T is ou1
intention to follow our policy o1
treating all property owners alike
regardless of the amount Of tas
owed by them. Every property
holder owing back tax will have
the tax disposed of by either col
lection or sale of property
Mr.. Canady also cautioned prop
erty owners who had made pre-
liminary arrangements to pay back
taxes, but who had failed to pay
for various reasons would have tc
be regarded as not having made
any arrangements, for "this prac'
tice only delays the collection o1
taxes that will continue to draw
interest and in some cases soor
amount to more than the property
is WORTH
The back tax superintendent cor
rected prevalent mistaken idea
that sales from property sold under
his department is the same as the
annual tax sale in September.
''This is a mistake" he said, "as
sales from back-tax delinquent
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The Wilmington morning star., 1943-03-13
Increase Is Observed
In Auto Driving Here

Ration board has reported an IN
flux of requests for supplementary
ration.
AS the OPA office here has ad-
vised Wilmingtonians consistently
within the past two weeks, the
pleasure driving ban has not been
lifted. Motorists have been placed
on their honor not to engage in
driving that is not absolutely nee
essary and for such specified pur-
poses as going to work, shopping,
and attending meetings concerned
with welfare work or prosecution
of the war effort.
Local OPA officials have remind
ed Wilmingtonians that the gaso-
line shortage remains.
The only change in the driving
restriction set-up is the fact that
OPA investigators are not station
ed on the highways to apprehend
drivers ostensibly engaged In
pleasure driving.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-03-13
New Meat Rationing Plan
To Be Effective March %

public will be able to buy more
or less meat, depending on how
many of the same coupons are
used for the other rationed foods.
The amount of meat also will de-
pend on what kind of meat is pur-
chased.
Just what the 16-point allowance
will buy cannot be determined un-
til the OPA distributes in about
two weeks the chart of point val
ues-sinnilar to the recent chart
on canned goods-giving the cou-
pom values for the rationed items.
Restaurants will continue to be
coupon-free to the customers, al
though OPA will ration the sup
plies used by restaurants.
Other details:
Bullion cubes and beef extracts,
not rationed now with canned soup,
will be rationed with meat.
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The Wilmington morning star., 1943-03-13
500 Police Are Sent
To French Alps Area
To Queu Disorders

BERN, Switzerland, March
12-(R)-The Vichy government
was reported by the Geneva
tribune to have sent 800 police
guards in armOred cars into
the Haute SavOie region OF the
Alps tonight in an effort TO
subdue welI-armed guerriilas
whose ranks swelled by French
youths seeking to escape COM
pulsory labor in Germany.
The Tribune reported from
Lyons that all youths between
20 and % were being drafted
for factories and also for the
Todt organization and sent
Immediately behind the Ger
man lines in Russia to work on
Notifications and the like. AS
such they were forced to wear
German uniforms.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-03-13
Delegation OF Congress-
men Request President
To Push Measure
NEED FOR LINE SHOWN
Rep. Clark Submits Data
On Necessity For
Service In Area
Bv HOWARD SUTTLE
Star-News Washington
CORRESPONDENT

WASHINGTON, March II
The plea of Atlantic coastal
sties for interconnecting com.
mprcial air service to extend
from New York to Charles
ton, via Wilmington, was sub
mitted today to President
Roosevelt by a congressional
delegation representing four
affpcted states, and a report
sftpr the White House call
~ss m 10 the effect that the
PRESIDENT was "very sympa-
thptic" to the proposal.
Clark Speaks For Group
penresentative Bayard Clark o.
vortb Carolina, spokesman for the
nro,,n said the delegates urged the
pr0sident to use his influence and
mt behind the Civil Aeronautlcs
Board to approve the project. The
ro,gressmen said the project had
,oon before the board since 1910.
R4p Clark informed the President
,1a+ the area which would be COW
s,pd by the extension is congested
with Army camps, Navy and Ma
tre bases, and shipyards, and that
visiting transportation is made
euate.
He and Rep. Harris of Virginia
iecared that President Roosevelt
Md them that while he was not in
favor of setting up any permanent
postwar airlines, ihe did believe
that the proposed extension might
be classified as an emergency pro-
posa justified by war conditions.
Headed by Rep. James M. Curley,
former governor of Massachusetts,
the group visiting the President on
behalf of the project included Reps.
Clark and Graham Barden OF North
Carolina, L. Mendel Rivers and John
Mcmillan of South Carolina and
Wine r. Harris of Virginia, all
Democrats.
The delegation had the backing
Of the Atlantic Coastal Cities Air
Snice Association, headed by May
Or Henry w. Lockwood of Charles
ton and supported the application
Of Colonial Airlines to extend serv-
Ice south from New York to serve
Atlantic City, Norfolk, Elizabeth
Cty New Bern. w I'm n g n,
Gsorgetown, Myrtle Beach, and
Charleston.
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The Wilmington morning star., 1943-03-13
Army fliers Damage
Japanese Bases In
Aleutian Locality

WASHINGTON, March 12:-tR-
army bomber and fighter planes
s"ooplng low through a barrage of
%nlFalrcraft fire heavily damaged
japanese installations on Kiska is
idiio In the Aleutian islands We'd
Hesaay, the Navy reported today.
". hloerator heavy bombers and
g. snehel mediums with Tightening
asA'ef =: escort strafed and scored
s'l' suecl hlts on anti-aircraft gun po'
W., s,''Ois' Three buildings also were
,,aSted ,~ by heavy bomb explosions.
-, u, u s. planes returned.
-, lHe raid was the second against
sis ste enemy base in one day. Early,
NJ. Vialt which the communique did
nss Dss iuehtify, attacked the base and
area
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-03-13

WITH THE REVELATION that
food shipments had been suspended
since last November to the French
island of Martinique, in the Carrib-
bean, there was opened the posi-
bility that the United States may
move in. Admiral Robert, High
Commissioner of the island, is cred
tied with having said he would
scuttle the ships of the French
fleet at Fort de France should an
attempt of this kind be made. These
ships include the carrier Bearn.
Lower map shows Martinique's po-
siti0n in relations to United States
bases, denoted by stars. Unterna-
tiOnaN
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-03-13
KILL 5000 NA1S
Germans Claim Street
Fighting Underway
In Vital City
ANOTHER STALINCRAD
Struggle For Key Area Said
To Be Approaching
Huge Proportions

LONDON, Saturday, M rcE
13.-tP)-The Red army cap
tured Vyazma and killed q ooo
Germans yesterday in the
powerful central front sweep
toward the Nazi anchor Of
Smolensk, but in the south
Moscow announced another
withdrawal in the critical
third battle for. pxharkov
which the Germans said was
the scene of 4 bitt.ars street
struggle.
Outnumbered Russian
troops again fell back west of
kharkov to new positions.
the midnight Moscow bulletin
said, while ON the south side
of the Ukraine stronghold
eight waves of attacking Ma
zis were beaten down, the en-
emy losing % tanks and 800
men.
The German high command
had announced earlier that it's
troops had broken into the
city. Accounts from both
sides made it clear that the
battle was. approaching the
magnitude of the fight for
Stalingrad. The Russians
stressed that their troops were
combating Numerically su-
perior" forces, reinforced by
reserves brought from west,
ern Europe.
Struggle Still Raging
Late last night the house-to.house
struggle still was going on, German
radio reports said, and Rome's sta~
ton quoted Berlin dispatches say.
ing Nazi troops occupy the north.
ern and western parts Of the town
as we'll as the center as far as the
Red square"
Soviet troops were gsaid still to
hold the southern part.
One Berlin propaganda agency.
the International Information Bu-
reau, earlier had been quoted by
the German radio as say lE that
Kharkov was recaptured, but thi8
subsequently was qualified 10 sc.
knowledge Extremely fierc figiA.
ing Is still in progress IL south
Kharkov."
The Russians were under assault
not only at Kharkov but o. long
line running southeast of inc city
into the Donets basin at a. point
below Voroshilovgrad. In the inter
mediate Izyum sector, II miles
southeast Of Kharkov, the midnight
communique said, one Soviet unit
had killed 300 Germans and de-
stroyed II tanks in repulsing aroth-
er German attack.
Seven German tanks and a corr.
pany Of enemy troops also were
knocked out in another unidentified
sector in this area, said the bUlle-
tin recorded by the Sovist radio
monitor here,
On the central front 1t was a
different story. Although the Ger
mans said they had abandoned
Wanna, the Russians said 1t fell
only after determined assault"
as the Red Army pushed on along
the railway leading directly to
Smolensk, 100 miles away.
Smolensk was threatened by 9TH
er Russian troops striking down
from the Belly sector, 80 miles to
the northeast, and auxiliary Red
army formations tanning out be-
tween Vyazma and Belly in the Sy-
chevka sector. Aside from enor-
nous booty seized at Vyazma, the
Russians said their troops had
taken more than score of Nazi
tanks, and large quantities Of other
Equipment in the steady pursuit Of
| the Germans.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-03-13

will "see at first hand something
Of the great war effort Of the
United States"
This indicated that he W wou d
make a tour Of war factories but
the dates and itinerary OF this
Journey were not discussed.
Accompanying Eden were Will
liam Strang, assistant under sec
retary Of state; Oliver Charles
Harvey, private secretary to Eden,
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-03-13
FIRST VISIT

WASHINGTON, March 12.-
R-Anthony Eden's arrival to-
night marked the first visit to
this country of the British for
eign secretary since the war
started.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-03-13

The Star-News Circula-
tion Department is open
Sundays from Z to 10 a. m.
If you fail to receive your
paper, phone 1911 before
10 and one will be sent to
you by special messenger.
After 10 o'clock, the de-
partment is closed.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-03-13
WEATHER

Nor,,. FORECAST:
tsrstra. carolina: Slight change in tenn
Eastern Standard Time)
Netoos U. 5. Weather Bureau)
eadng 055oioglcal 5tg data for the "a hour
LOU p. M, yesterday.
l.2n Temperature
h., n. -, IN m.' So; 7:30 a. M, Sc; 1870 p
MAJ 1880 p. m, 66
EormslA u 7S; Minimum Sc; Mean 67
I'm Humidity
h., IA. d; m, n1., SO; 7:3o a. M, 81; 1870 p
Tot.1 Precipitation
h.. m ior the "a hours ending 1880 p
hchssss since the first of the month, IL;
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Tides For Today
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Evening star., 1943-12-24
Capt. May Prisoner
In German Hospital
D. G. Officer Had Been
Listed as Missina

Capt. Donald L. May, Is, son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Leo c. May, 220e
Wyoming avenue NV, who pre-
viously was reported by the War
Department as missing in action al
Salerno since September IL, has
written his parents that he is q
prisoner in a German hospital ir
France, it was learned today.
The letter from Capt. May, re.
ceived about 10 days ago, indicated
he was in good condition, q relative
said. The War Department, which
accepted the letter as authentic
after comparing the handwriting
with Army records, is now in the
process of transferring Capt. May.
name from the list of missing to the
list of war prisoners, it was reported
Capt. May has been overseas since
last February and was a company
commander in his tank battalion.
Born in Washington, he attended
the Friends School here and wa.
graduated from Virginia Military
Institute in 1910 with Reserve com.
mission as second lieutenant. He
applied for active duty following
Pearl Harbor, after working for the
Washington Gas Light Co. as ar
engineer.
Capt. Mays father and his uncle
Arthur j. May, are associated with
the May Hardware Co., 1854 Thirty.
flrst street NV. His brother, 1t
q. g. Leonard S. May, is serving
with the Navy.
Evening star., 1943-12-24
Roosevelt Talk
10 Define
Marshall Status
Churchill to Reveal
New Commander
In Mediterranean
fTert OF Roosevelt Speech on
Page A-10.J

lTert OF Roosevelt Speech on
Page A-10J
BY the Associated Press.
HYDE PARK, N. Y, Dec. "a
President Roosevelt announced
in a worldwide broadcast today
the appointment of Gen. Dwight
D. Eisenhower to the supreme
command of the Anglo-American
forces which will open a second
front against Germany.
He made no reference as to the
future of Gen. George C. Marshall,
Chief of Staff of the Army, who
had been reported earlier as the
choice for the vital European IN.
vasion command.
A British officer who will be an
nounced by Prime Minister Church.
| i'll of Britain will take over Gen.
Eisenhower's present Mediterranean
command.
Mr.. Roosevelt, in Christmas eve
address to his fellow countrymen
at home and in the armed forces
overseas, made it clear that the Sc
lection of Gen. Eisenhower had been
approved at the recent war confer
ence in the Middle East.
Details of Attack Agreed On.
He said that he, Mr.. Churchill and
Premier Stain of Russia, in three
days of intense and consistently
amicable discussions at Teheran,
had agreed on every point con-
ceraed with the launching of .
gigJntic attack upon Germany"
The President added:
The Russian Army will continue
its stern offensives on Germany s
. eastern front, the Allied armies in
Italy and Africa will bring relent-
less pressure on Germany from tbs
Evening star., 1943-12-24
Reds Storm Defenses
IOf Nozis at Vitebsk

LONDON, Dec. "a (P.-Troops OF
Gen. Ivan C. Bagramian's Baltic
Army were storming the outer de-
fenses of Vitebsk as Moscow dis
patches reported that a powerful
tWo-day-old German tank offensive
along a 4O0-mile front to the south
had been stopped in its tracks.
Berlin admitted new breaches In
German lines to the north and
southeast of Vitebsk after heavy
fuctuating battles" Front reports
to Moscow said Red Army units were
less than IL miles north of the
heavily fortified base after forcing
another water barrier and killing
300 Germans.
Other Russian columns were
Streaking south and west to threaten
the Vitebsk- -Polotsk rail line, cap
turing several villages and addi-
tional advantageous positions en-
route. The Russian communiQue
added that enemy troops were aban-
Evening star., 1943-12-24
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, Dec. 24.-Pope Plus,
in a Christmas massage to the
world, today prayed that "this
will be the last Christmas of war"
and appealed to mankind to be-
gin the planning OF the worlds
reconstruction and a peace OF
Justice and honesty"
Speaking from the Vatican, in
creasingly near the war zone and
where in sense he was a prisoner
for the shadow of Nazi bayonets
ringed and fell across the ancient
seat of the Catholic faith-the
holy father appealed for a peace
not imposed at the point of the
sword"
"A future peace should not, GER
tainly, leave out the possibility of
sanctions" he added. But do give
back to the world a peace based on
justice, not on reprisals, on a world
communion based on present world
suffering"
The pontiff, isolated from the
Evening star., 1943-12-24
White House Tree
Services HighIieht
|YuIe Celebration
Annual Observance
Stresses American
Hope and Union

The Capital led the Nation in
observance of its third wartime
Christmas this afternoon, when
the 2lst annual Community
Christmas Tree ceremony was
celebrated on the White House
lawn to demonstrate the hope
and union of the American peo-
pie in an upsurge of national
patriotism"
Because Of the absence of Pres
ident Roosevelt and the usual body
of officials, the crowd was able to
get nearer the gaily decorated tree,
planted on the south lawn speci-
fically for the traditional ceremony.
1T was in way more honey
than in other years." E. c. Graham,
presiding officer, commented after
wards.
After the crowd listened to a con-
cert by the Marine Band. Mr..
Graham, a founder of the celebra-
ton, described the first tree. lighted
by President Coolidge, in 1923. The
next year the Tree Committee Sc
lected a live tree for the ceremony
and has been doing SO ever since,
he said.
President and Mrs. Roosevelt
urged continuance of the practice
this year, Mr.. Graham said, for the
sake of the dear ones far away and
Evening star., 1943-12-24
Pope's Christmas Message Asks
World to Plan Lasting Peace
Pontiff Makes PIeo to All Nations
To Prepore for Reconstruction Period

300, ,000,00 of the faithful since the
German occupation of Rome last
September. spoke in Italian by radio
The speech was recorded and trans
lated by the Associated Press In
London
Naturally" the Pope went on
"the conclusion Of peace will not
mean that measures should not be
taken to prevent any strong force
from committing aggression upor
humanity again."
tIn his Christmas eve message
year ago the holy father de-
clared that the world had been
plunged into darkness by fatal
errors" condemned the concep-
ton of the state as IAN absolute
and supreme unity" ''the urge
for power and predominance,"
the "herding of men as if they
were mass without soul" and
the breaking of international
agreements intended to soften
the hardships of war, and urged
Evening star., 1943-12-24
Germans Threaten
To Try Allied Flyers
(See RAIDS, Page
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. Dec. pa new
German threat to try captured
American and British airmen as
war criminals" in reprisal for the
Kharkov atrocity trials was voiced
last night by the Berlin radio.
"Coolly and effectively, German
Judges will examine witnesses, both
British and American pilots and
mothers and children of Hamburg
broadcast by Edward Roderick
Dietze declared.
In public trial the British and
American pilots will be able to state
what their orders were and in what
manner they carried them out.
British and American papers
which in recent days have been pub
dshing reports of that Bolshevik
monster mock trial at Kharkov, will
therefore,, in due course, have ample
pportunity to publish reports OF
.ials in Germany of British and
merican war criminals"
Evening star., 1943-12-24
MHder Weather Due
Tomorrow; Snow
Definitely Out

Milder weather is promised
for Christmas Day, but the
mercury, which fell to Is degrees
shortly before am. today. is
expected to drop to 18 degrees
tonight. The temperature is
expected to climb to around
80 degrees tomorrow.
The Weather Bureau also
made it definite about that
hoped-for white Christmas, re-
porting there is no snow in
sight.
Temperatures today will re-
main below freezing. The high
est temperature yesterday was
26 degrees at 4 pm.
This mornings low mark was
l degree above the record of the
year-14 on December 16.
Evening star., 1943-12-24
Rockets Aimed
At Britain Prove
Only Flare Shells
French Coast Guns
HUrI New Missiles
Across Channel
BY the Associated Press,

LONDON, Dec. 24.-The Ger
man high command today an
| nounced it's naval shore batteries
had shelled targets at Dover
Deal and Folkestone, across the
Channel from Nazi-controlled
France.
Translations of the Berlin radios
first account of the action had led
to belief the Germans had an
nounced use of rocket Shells" but
recheck showed the phrase en-
ployed by, the Germans -"leucht-
granate flare shells" OF
tracers.
-Granate is a phrase which
could reasonably be translated
rocket" but in the sense of a dis
tresS rocket. Because of current
talk abroad of alleged German plans
ito use giant rocket guns to shell
London, listeners here made theil
original translation in this con.
nection.
There have been many Allied all
attacks on a section of the French
coast which has come to be known
as the rocket gun coast" because
of Supposition that emplacements