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The Wilmington morning star., 1943-04-03
MEAT SUPPLIES
REPORTED FAIR
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said they had considered, before
rationing began, whether to start
the ration week on Thursdav or
Friday so that housewives would
get their weekend buying out of
the way at the start of the ration
week, but had discarded the idea.
In this connection, it was un-
derstood reliably that the weekly
rationlng is preliminary, and that
officials plan to put the rationing
on monthly basis eventually
Current OPA announcements on
weekly point values cover tn e
five weeks ending May l, but
whether OPA plans to make ra-
tioning a monthly matter starting
May 2 has not been announced.
Officials said the slowness with
which meat is moving in some
sections results from heavy buy
ing before rationing, confusion
over the system and Withholding
of points, and from overstocking
by stores.
A few places still lack adequate
supplies-the Binghamton IN. W
Health Bureau, for instance, said
stocks were Is percent of normal.
But in many cities the situation
has improved so much over the
last few weeks that butchers are
considering holding point sales"
of some products to avert spoil
age. In cases where their supply
of liver, for example, is so heavy
that it might spoil if sold on the
regular point basis, dealers are
authorized by OPA to reduce the
pointage. However, they must re-
port all point sales" to ration
boards.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-04-03
WILDCAT RALLY
IN NINTH IS
STOPPED SHORT
Errors Prove Winning Mar
gin In First Confer
ence Game

DESPITE a ninth inning Wildcat
rally, Wilson high school edged out
New Hanover high to 4 in the
first conference baseball game of
the season for the Wildcats at Will
son Friday afternoon.
Errors proved the deciding factor
in a duel between Wildcat pitcher
Murphy Scoggins and Pitcher J. b.
Thorne of Wilson. Scoggins allowed
four hits and Thorne three Six err
rors were chalked up to the Wild
cat nine against five for Wilson.
The Wildcats came into the ninth
inning trailing Wilson by four runs.
A home run by rightfieldes Morris
Tatum with two aboard brought the
score to Sd before Thorne frightened
to nip the budding rally.
The Wildcats took a one-run lead
in the first inning when Shortstop
Hugh Griffith reached first base on
an error, was advanced to second by
Auld's sacrifice, made third on a
fielder's choice and stole home.
Wilson scored one run in the third
inning, one in the fourth, and three
in the sixth.
The Wildcats will play Raleigh
here next Friday afternoon.
HR E
wilson 4 B b
Wilmington 6
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-04-03
POPULAR PICTURE

Rembrandt's works have al
ways summoned art lovers to
galleries where they are hung.
But the Dutch master never
painted a portrait that can
match the eye-appeal and nos
talgia-appeal of a new picture
in the public library, 1t is be-
lieved.
"The Roast Beef of Amer
lea" is the name Of the new
portrait currently soliciting the
interest of library patrons.
Photographed in full color.
surrounded by rich gravy and
embellished with parsley
sprigs, the king Of the Ameri-
can table-the roast beef-re-
poses as a still-life in the new
volume of "U. S. Camera for
1872" currently featured on a
special shelf.
The camera book is replete
with artistic pictures of chorus
girls, children, animals, snow
scenes ad infinitum. But Will
mingtonians, meat-rationed and
meat-hungry, prefer to gaze
at the slab of roast beef, OBJ
servers have reported.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-04-03
Construction In City
Shows Slight Increase

Construction in the city show
ed slight increase during
March, Building Inspector Gil
bert Morton said Friday, with a
total of Sc permits being issued
for all estimated S510,489.25 in
new construction and repairs.
A major item In the permits
issued for the month was per-
nit for the S477,611 filter plant
the city is constructing at Hill
ton park.
Second in Importance was a
permit for $10,328 in alterations
to the Vow Furniture shop at
709 South Seventeenth street.
Leased to the government
through the Wilmington War
Housing center for the dura-
tion, the S1O,328 will be used to
convert the structures into
apartments for war workers. At
the close of the war, the build
ing will be returned, together
with the improvements, to the
owners.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-04-03
British First Army Rolls
Ahead In Drive On 7unis

900 Axis troops being equeezed
into northern Tunisia.
British four-motored Wellington
bombers shook the base with two
ton explosives and showers of in
cendiaries last night.
Other Allied bombers escorted
by Spitfires bombed La Faucon-
merle air field, IS miles northwest
of Sfax, and the air base of ell
Diem, midway between Sfax and
sousse, leaving many fires burn
ing. Five Messerschmitts were
just taking off when the bombers
roared over la Fauconnerie, Two
were hit and damaged on the
ground and two others were dam
aged in subsequent dogfight
with Spitfires. Nine enemy air
craft were reported shot down
during the day, against an Allied
loss of four.
AS reports from the ground
fighting said the Americans had
launched new attack in the area
OF Maknassy, "a miles from the
coast at a point well above where
Rommeps men now are making
a stand, observers here stressed
the aid being given the Eighth
Army by General Patton's col
umns. They pointed out that the
Americans constituted a constant
menace to Rommel's flanks and
forced him to divert important
quantities of armor to hold them
in check while Montgomery rolls
him up from the rear.
Those familiar with the terrain
along the eastern Tunisian coast
said Rommel would strike NO
good defensive positions in his re.
treat until he reached series o1
ridges some 60 miles north of
'Gabes.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-04-03
U. S. MUST PLAY
WITH ALL WORLD
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prevails in the conduct of our pol
icy. This attitude consists in de.
claring general principles, dogmat-
ically prejudging complicated Eu-
ropean disputes, and then telling
the American people tn they
must either underwrite the prejudg-
ment or withdraw again into 1so-
lation.
The we'll intentioned people who
have got themselves into this in
finitely dangerous position have
lost sight of the permanent, nor.
NAL, and controlling American re-
lationship with European affairs.
The relation can be realized most
accurately when we remember
how certain it is that no consider
able American forces will be main-
tanned in continental Europe for
any long period after the war is
over. Any settlement which re-
quires large American forces in
Europe for a long time is certain
to fare badly with the American
people. y
This fact must control our di-
plomacy and our postwar plan
ming. From it follow practical
consequences VIII h American
statesmen must make plain to
themselves and to our Allies. They
must not, for example, mislead
other governments by allowing
them or encoura aging them to think
that they can adopt line of policy
which can be carried through only
with the permanent armed support
of the United States. 1t is a cruel
deception to do this, and there is
nothing idealistic, moral, or noble
about making implied promises
which cannot be made good.
On the contrary, it is our duty
to make it clear to all our Allies in
Europe that they must find an
order which remains in equilib-
rum without the permanent ill
tervention of the United States.
To say that is not isolationisnl.
The United States must be per-
manently concerned and prepared
to act decisively anywhere agalnst
any threat of general conquest.
But within the structure of peace,
countries will still have to get on
with their neighbors. Not every
local problem can be world prob
lem. and nations must not make
themselves dependent upon distant
powers which have their own more
Immediate affairs to deal with.
Since the political conduct of
the war will create the situation
which will exist at the settlement,
much depends upon our capacity
to gauge correctly the forces with
III Europe that make for Euro
pean equilibrium. This is not easy
to do through the iron curtain Of
the Nazi occupation, and it must
be admitted that we are short of
men with the experience and train
ed discernment for making these
delicate and difficult judgments.
That is one reason, probably the
conclusive reason, why we must
not again do what we did in North
Africa, which was to play a lone
hand and rely too much upon our
own intelligence service and dip
lomatic personnel. We need not
be ashamed to recognize this.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-04-03
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troops now were in position to as
sist Romme's fighting retreat.)
The Germans threw their armor
into counterattack today against
Lieut. George S. Patton,
Jr., American forces near point
where the Gabes-Gafsa road joins
another road running south to
Kebili, which the French captured
two days ago. The road junction
had been in American hands sew
era1 days.
1t was authoritatively denied
here that Patton's column advsnc-
ing east of ell Guetar had made a
junction with the British Eighth
Army as announced by the Algiers
radio.
(The Algiers station later re-
vised it's reports that the Ameri-
cans and British were in joint pur-
suit of Rommel TO say that
american elements advancing IS
kilometers southeast of 81 guetar
are trying to contact Gen. Mont
gomery's left wing" adding that
''the road is not very practicable
and the advance is s1ow.")
Strong patrol activity by Ameri.
cans and French in the Ousseltia
valley region in north central Tu.
nisia was reported to have forced
the enemy to fall back gradually
to the hills to the EAST.
As Lieut.. Gen. K. A. NJ Ander.
sons First Army moved on Bi-
zerte, the Allied air force contin.
ued to pound the great fortified
naval base in an effort to destroy
it's usefulness as potential es.
cape port for the estimated 200,'
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-04-03
U.S.. USES MULES
IN AFRICAN WAR
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to move them out and keep down
casualties among our armor from
artillery fire"
Attacking armor and infantry
were subjected to almost uncreas-
ing raids as German planes flew
through intense flax in desperate
attempt to bolster their ground
force trying to prevent junction
of the Americans with the Brit
ish Eighth Army near the eastern
end of the Gabes road.
For three successive nights the
Germans also bombed Gafsa and
an advanced American position in
'round-the.clock effort to stop
the Stars and Stripes tide OF VIC
tory.
Their flares burned many min
utes, and combined with anti-alr.
craft fire the sight made a Wierd
pattern of floWery flames into
which one Junkers-88 flew and then
fell to earth like a singed moth.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-04-03
ROOSEVELT KILLS
FARM PRICE Bill
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benefit payments in calculations
@. parity prices for farm products
tParity prices are figured by the
Agriculture Department to mean
a ''fair return to farmers).
The bill was approved origin.
ally by votes of 78 to 2 in the
Senate and 149 to 40 in the House,
far larger margins than the two.
thirds vote required to override
a presidential veto.
Mr.. Roosevelt's message was a
2,50o word major pronouncement
on the whole question of economic
stabilization, and in effect served
notice on union labor leaders that
they must not expect general wage
increases exceeding the War La.
bor Boards little steeP' formula.
Though not mentioning them di-
rectly, Mr.. Roosevelt replied, too,
to the argument of John L. Lewis,
seeking 81 day increase for $50,
600 coal miners, and other union
leaders that the cost of living has
risen more than the labor board
formula recognizes.
There has been an increase in
the cost of living since May, 1912, y
the President said. 'This increase
is due mainly to our failure to
bring food costs under control. But
the War Labor Board is resolutely
sdhering to the little steel for
mu1a which compensates labor, in
its wage rates, for the increase
in the cost of living which oc
Cured between January l, 1871,
and May 1, 1912. (The board fig
ures this at IS percent).
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-04-03
The Sports Trail
By
Whitney Martin

NEW YORK, April 2-(R--:You might say frankie
Crosetti lacks appeal for all that's what it right
down to when the highest court the which fixes the
punishment There isn't anywhere else to the hope
of getting modification
Crosett the New York Yankee infelder who pushed
Umpire Bill Summers in the third of the last world
res and thereby pushed himself into of trouble
Commissioner Lands, the one-man supreme court of
baseball is boss of the World Series and what he
80 days starting the first of this $3.50 carrying
charge was just incidental.
Croset right is hodout, Ed Barrow says as the
pepperv little guy wants his salary to start with the start
of the season. suspension suspenon Barrow can't
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-04-03
AERIAL ACTIVITY
SEEN IN PACIFIC
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might have been bound for Munda
on New Georgia island, Japa~
rese air base which had b n
struck more than 100 times by
American bombing raids.
In the North Pacific, attacks on
the base at Kiska in the Aleutians
continued. Bombers have hit there
"a times in recent weeks. Two Of
those attacks were reported in to-
days communique which said they
were made Tuesday. In one raid
fighter planes attacked the Japa-
nese camp area without observed
results. But in the other, bombers
flew at an altitude of only so fee,
strafing and bombing the Japa-
nese and starting heavy explosions
and large fires.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-04-03
2 JAPANESE SHIPS
BOMBED BY ALLIES
CONTINUED From Page One)

bring supplies down to the Huon
gulf.
At Finschhafen, near where the
four Japanese destroyers wer e
turned back, -motored bomb
ers set new fires along the water
front. Fires there have been al
most continuous for the week as
day after day Allied planes drop
ped bombs along the coastal side
Of the Huon peninsula town.
Repeating visits of other days
this week, Allied attack planes
strafed enemy positions in the vi
cinity of Mubo which is IS miles
south of Salmaua.
The communique continued to
emphasize the fact that no Japa-
nese planes in the Lae-Salanlaua
area rose to oppose the raiders.
The Japanese have airdromes in
that sector.
Above New Guinea on New Brit
ain island, heavy bomber raided
the oft-bombed airdrome at Gas
mata. Two attacks also were de-
livered against the airdome at
Cape Gloucester.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-04-03

any percentage IN paying d
fellow to stand around and
hold the other fellows coats
for 80 days, and besides,
there are the rules.
All, yes, there are the rules,
and in this unique case they are
as hazy as a bushel of fog. Rule
No. 13 provides that club may
suspend a player for insubordina-
ton or other misconduct, and that
during the period Of suspension
the player shall not be entitled
to his salary.
That's fine, only the club didn't
suspend Crosetti. He was suspend
ed by basebalps Mr.. Big. AS far
as the Yankees were concerned
they probably felt like giving Gro
setti 30 days vacation with pay,
and $3.50 expense money, for his
actions, as he was just pushing
Summers for all of them. Right
then, and thereafter, they needed
somebody they could push around
very badly.
Rule No. 13 also states that a
player suspended by a club or
league for a term longer than 10
days shall have the right to appeal
to the commissioner. But again,
Crosetti wasn't suspended by a
club or league. He was suspended
by the commissioner, and it doesn't
do any good to appeal punch in
the nose to the guy who gave it
to you.
Theoretically, we suppose that a
suspension imposed by the COM
missioner has Il same status as
suspension imposed by club,
meaning that the player salary
would be suspended in both cases.
In that case, the Yankees couldn' t
give Crosetti a contract for the
full season, unless it called for the
subtraction of the first month S
pay.
Naturally, there is nothing to
stop the Yankees, if they are back
ing Crosetti in this case, from
calling him over by the water cool
er and slipping him the months
pay, plus the $3.50 he was fined.
1t wouldn't be legal, Of course, but
in this incident it does seem like
there might be al element of JUS
tice and gratitude in it.
Crosetti wasn't pushing Summers
for Crosetti. He was pushing him
for the team, and showing a fire
which some of the other Yankees
could have used nicely during the
Series.
It's our idea that the Yankees
as a club might well make the
appeal to Lands, conditions being
as they are. Under ordinary cir
cumstances we'd back the COM
missioner in standing by his de-
cision, even if his ruling d S
seem little on the harsh side.
But this year, with most of the
clubs crying for ball players who
don't have twisted ankles f r m
stepping in gopher holes on some
pasture diamond, one able man
makes big difference. We'd like
to see justice tempered with mercy
in this case. Baseball needs all the
Crosettis it can find this year.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-04-03
LIVESTOCK PERMITS

All persons buying and selling
livestock must secure permit
issued by the New Hanover
county office of the United
States Department of Agricul..
ture War Board, county age%
r. w. Galphin, said Friday.
Likewise, all persons slaught-
ering animals for sale must
have a permit and must comply
with the minimum regulations
established by the health au-
thorities for sanitation. They
must stamp their meats with
the number of the permit re-
ceived. Finally. they must es'
tablish their quotas with the
county War Board in order TO
obtain the permit before they
slaughter their animals.
The measures have been tax
EN-, Mr.. Galphin declared. in or
der the buying public may DC
protected from buying, unwli'
dngly, meat from diseased anf
mails.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-04-03
Kirby Wins North-South
By Defeating Jane Crun1
Atlanta Girl Takes Early
Lead To Win Over Miss
Crum 5 And :

PINEHURST, April 2.-R)-Do
rothy Kirby of Atlanta, medalist and
pre-tourney favorite, played steady
high-grade golf today to win the
north and south women's golf cham
pionship with and victory over
Jane Crum, Orangeburg, S. C.
Miss Kirby set up an early lead
with her deadly chipping and put
ting and Miss Crum was unable tc
whittle it down. The Albanian won
the fourth hole by chipping dead to
the pin from so yards while Miss
Crum three-putter. Miss Kirby turn.
ed the first nine up, won the 10th
hole and closed out the match on
the 18th.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-04-03
LOCAL ARRESTS
SHOW INCREASE
Continued From Page One)

Cured in the city limits during
March.
Eleven automobiles were report
ed stolen and II stolen automobiles
were recovered and returned to
their owners. Nineteen bicycles
were stoken, of which II were re-
covered.
Of the total of 778 arrests, 456
were whites and 322 were Negroes.
The department collected ST.
1920 in traffic fines and turned
it over to the clerk of recorders S
court to Re placed in the school
fund.
Outgoing radio calls over the
department transmitter were L.
713.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-04-03
SENATORS WIN

NORFOLK, Va, April 2.-P)-
The Washington Senators of the
American League evened the count
with the Norfolk Naval Training
Station here today when Johnny
Sullivan, Senator shortstop, hit a
two-run homer in the eighth to
break &C. deadlock and the Sen
ators went on to win to 6.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-04-03
COUNTY REVENUE

COUNTY REVENUE
Receipts for the month OF
March for New Hanover C0un-
ty totaled $50, 1858, while dis
bursements amounted to $92.-
724.06, according to figures re-
leased Friday by ]. A. Orrell,
county auditor.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-04-03
JOB TRANSFERS

Five men registered with the
U. S. Employment Service Of
flee to transfer from non-defer-
able to essential jobs before
the registration deadline pass
ed Thursday night.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-04-03
lWIL SON DEFEATS WILMINGTON, 50
City Briefs
LAST SERVICES

The regular services of ~
Sunset Park Methodist church
will be held for the last time
in the temporary building at
Northern Boulevard and Wash
ington street, Sunday morning
and evening. Beginning Sun
day, April IL, all services will
be held in the new building.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-04-03

Mrs. Forbes Wilson of York Viii
lage, Me-, won the consolation flight
and S, over Mrs. c. L. Meyer of
Omaha, Neb.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-04-03
AUTO TAG PURCHASE

A total of 1,105 North Caro-
lima lie ,nse tabs were purchas-
ed from the Carolina Motor
club during March, Miss Min
ME A. Payne, manager, said
Friday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-04-03

Agriculture absorbs more than
9 per cent of the worlds total
potash supply.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-04-03
WEATHER
Continued From Page One)

WASHINGTON. Apri 2.-P)-Weather
Bureau report of temperature and rain
fall for the "a hours ending p. m. in
the principal cotton growing areas and
elsewhere.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-04-03
FENCING RULE

FENCING RULE
Purchase certificates are NO
longer required for delivery of
wire fencing, County Agent r.
w. Galphin announced Friday.
Evening star., 1943-01-30
WPb Will Act
On Alexandra
Hospital Wing
Approval Expected
Tuesday as Result Of
New Doto on Need

The Facilities Clearance Board of
the War Production Board will act
Tuesday on the WPB governmental
division recommendation yesterday
that construction be started on a
75-bed wing to the Alexandria Hos
pital, a WPB official said today.
Whether the board approves the
proposal remains to be seen. the
oficial said, although it is generally
believed that action will be favor
able.
The reversal of a previous veto
and the recommendation came as
the result of two conferences of
WPB, Public Health Service rep
resentatives. Federal Works Agency
officials and hospital and city off,
cials. -
Deciding factor in the Govern
mental divisions decision was evi-
dence showing that Alexandria Hos
pital served a greater population
than WPB had believed. 1t was
estimated that the population of the
area was $4,000.
Based on this information, we
were willing to compromise" the
WPB official said.
The addition recommended would
be constructed in the rear of the
hospital and to the north. giving
the hospital T-shape, it was ex-
planned. Expansion to the east to-
ward Washington street has been
dropped for the time being.
Purchase of st. Mary's Convent
north of the hospital, will be part
Of the program. The convent is ex-
pected to be turned into a nurses
home and training school.
The addition would be four
story structure conforming to the
height of the hospital.
Robert G. Whitton, hospital ad-
ministrator, has pointed out the
hospital served patients as far dis
tant as Manassas, Va.
Evening star., 1943-01-30
By the Associated Press.

Congressional fur still flew today,
although the Capitol Hill dogfight
was officially recessed until Monday.
The bone of contention is whether
every dog should have his day In the
House or whether members of Con-
gress are treated like dogs.
You see, Curley got lost.
Curley is Representative Bradley's
springer spaniel. Before the Michi-
gan Republican found him, he de-
cided what this country needs is
some good dog protection laws, so
he proposed couple in the House.
They would impose penalties on dog
poisoners, hit-and-run drivers who
leave injured rooches on the pave
ment, and dognapers who profit on
finding lost Fidos before they're lost,
SO to speak.
Curley. he explained. once saved
his life.
Up popped Representative john
son, Democrat. Of Oklahoma, who
allowed as how he loved dogs as
we'll as the next one. but that, what
with war going on, this was no
time for Congress to. turn dog
catcher. He implied that maybe the
gentleman from Michigan wanted
to appoint special committee on
canine activities"
Mr.. Bradley bristled and growled
something about replying on Mon
day. but into the 'snarl sprsng Rep
resentative Hoffman, another Michi-