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The Wilmington morning star., 1943-11-11
CANVASS SLATED
ON PENSION PLAN
DR.. Francis Townsend To
Start New Drive For
Old-Age Fund

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1O.-tR-A1
'office-to-office" canvass of Hous
members to solicit signatures TO
petition to force the new Town
send old age retirement plan bill
out of committee will be started
Monday by DR.. Francis E. Town
send and Is Townsend organiza
ton representatives.
Russell Saville, national organl
cation director, announced today
that 20 congressman signed the
petition within the first hour after
it was introduced yesterday ana
predicted it would be signed by
the required majority to bring the
bill before the House.
The bill, he declared, would per-
NIT all citizens to retire at oo on
b.ene is approximating S9o a
month and was designed to per-
NIT the retirement of 10 to II mil
lion employed people Immediately
after the close of the war to pro-
vide jobs for returning servlcemen
and civilians now employed IN war
industries.
Saville asserted tie present So
cial Security law did not go tar
enough and that people will not
again accept a program of govern
nlent made work
s'As thinking citizens we must
realize two fundamentals regard
ing postwar planning" he declar-
ed. First, we must realize that
returning servicemen are not 60
ing to accept public works pro-
ject employment after ha / n g
fought for the four freedoms. Nor
are they going to accept unem-
ployment.
Second, we should recognize
that it will be more costly to tax
payers al national morale to sup
port anyner made work program
than to institute a second retire
ment plan which would create job
opportunities for younger men.
"Adoption of the Townsend plan
now will provide the country with
a sound universal retirement pro-
gram, to which all citizens will
contribute through a very small
tax, and which will entitle all to
adequate retirement benefits"
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-11-11
VISITOR AT SCHOOL

A. B. Combs, assistant director of
the division of Institutional service
Of the State Department of Edu-
cation in Raleigh, made his annual
routine visit to the New Hanover
High School Wednesday.
Part of his work consisted OF
discussing with T. T. Hamilton,
principal, the annual report made
to the Southern Association.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-11-11
CHEST DONATION

When the Capt Fear EardEn
Club met Tuesday morning in the
Great Hall of the St. James Espis-
copal Church. they voted to give
$50 to the Community War Chest.
Mrs. F. A. Matthes, Jr, was
selected as chairman of the Christ
mas party to he held.
DR.. Charles Deering Of the ex.
pertinent station spoke to the
group on Soil and Soil Manage
ment. Ensign Pentlarge, Wave re
cruiter, gave a brief talk on he,
work and its opportunities.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-11-11
10 Relieve Itching
Due To Scabies

Relief from itch, or that condi-
lion known as scabies, scratches,
camp itch or 7-year itch, is quick
ly had with ''David's Sanative
WASH" a liquid sulphur solution
which destroys those itch germs
which it contacts, thus easing that
fiery. torn nting itching. Coo at
any druggist or postpaid direct.
Money back if not relieved. Owens
l. Minor, Richmond, Va. (Adv.).
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-11-11
TAKING COURSE

Pvt. Frances L. McRacken. 10.
Of Wilmington. is now taking a
five months course OF Army Air
Force instruction at Central State
Teachers college, Stevens Point,
Wis. He is the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. B. T.. McRaclsen of 1912 Ann
street.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-11-11
ENTERS SPARS

Mrs. C1arice Fuquay Wooten, of
Hooker Drive, Wilmington, was
recently sworn into the Women's
Reserve, U. S. Coast Guard Re-
serve, as an apprentice seaman
in the Spars. she will soon be Or
dered to the U. S. Coast Guard
Training station at Palm Beach,
Fla. for indoctrination.
She is the daughter of Mrs. G..
L. Fuquay of Portsmouth. Va, and
the wife of Dial F Wooten, Jr.
of Wilmington. She attended Grain
ger High school al Kinston, and
prior to entering the Spars was
employed as a stencgrapher at the
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-11-11
m 4 MEN
IA. WOMEN I'M
! E|R R Il j

Pvt. Rufus L. Church, Jr., 10,
son of Mr.. and Mrs r. L. Church
of 1907 Chestnut street, has arriv-
ed at Central State Teachers col
lege, Stevens Point, Wis. for a
course of Army Air Force instruc-
ton lasting approximately five
months prior to his appointment as
an aviation cadet.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-11-11

You don't believe you're wasting almost tenth of the
food you buy? Well, maybe you aren't.
Most American women doing everything they think
OF to make food go farther these days.
But you have straight from your government that
American families waste enough food annually
larger part of armed forces home and abroad That
waste mostly habit We've all had much for many
years, that waste without realizing it.
We've got change that habit Food means too much in
wartime.
Think for minute of the foods you buy the Monte
label alone 1t took thousands of farmers grow
1t took thousands of workers pack them 1t takes hundreds
OF thousands of grocers make them available
all over the country.
And that's just Del Monte remember Every you buy
bread potatoes meat work and time and
materials that are far precious to
That's why we've got stop waste before stops And
it's got be done right the kitchens of America Think
Is there something else you do do without do
better your kitchen? Take few minutes read
the questions below Then decide for yourself
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-11-11
REPORTS

Pvt. Thomas Dow Roper, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas B. Roper
of zoos Greasy avenue, has report
ed at Keesler Field, unit of the
Army Air Forces Training Com
mand, to begin training asa pre-
flight aviation cadet.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-11-11
EXCHANGES TO CLOSE

NEW YORK, Nov. 10. - up -
Securities and Commodity Ex-
changes throughout the United
States will be closed Thursday, No
vember IL, Armistice Day. Various
livestock reports will be issued by
the w. F. A.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-11-11
INSIDE WASHINGTON
Continued from Pare Fo,.,

tfal portraits-George and Ma,,,.
Washington on its walls-vor =, wa
Atmosphere. But don't let's b.r.
the musical chairs, the Gt+Io wv,
chairs. LAT
How about trying out my id,,
some day? I think you'd be xr,'.'
to make up with or "to,, 'a
press sri! right now. I honestly s ne
MIR. Willkle may be stronger tb 10,
you think, Mr.. President. "lSn
, ~, hoq 11S IN Good Will and Reason.
able Unity, Helen Essarv, Rs sTSor,'
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-11-11
BEGINS TRAINING

Pvt. Milton D. Ladd, son Of G.
w. Laid of 922 Woods street, has
begun training as pre-flight avia-
ton cadet at Keeslel Field, Biloxi,
Miss.
Evening star., 1943-09-05

sire Of the Navy to meet up with the Jap
main feet for a showdown battle. What
ever was back of the raid must remain
for Official announcements to disclose
There was some reason to believe that
the Japs may have withdrawn from
Santa Isabel Island in the Solomons,
which lies East of New Georgia, and
which is now cut off from other Japanese
bases.
American flyers returning from a
bombing attack on Rekata Bay, the Jap
seaplane base on the island, reported
that there were was no resistance, not
even anti-aircraft fire, leading to discus
sion of the possibility that, as on Kiska.
the Japs had fallen back from an unten-
able position.
Down on New Guinea, repeated blows
at the Jap air bases have resulted in
clearing the New Guinea north coast of
Jap planes as far back as the Dutch New
Guinea border, thus freeing $50 miles of
any air defense.
heavy raid on Wewak Tuesday de-
stroyed another 40 Jap planes, bringing
to more than 300 the number eliminated
at that base
August was a costly month to Japa-
nese air forces, a total of planes shot
down or destroyed on the ground reach.
ing 584.
Evening star., 1943-09-05

are no cliffs or high land to surmount,
and IS miles away lies Aries, secondary
communications center. From here, an
invading force would face the compara-
lively advantageous terrain of the Rhone
Valley. !.
Observers supporting the theory of an
invasion Of this area hold that the Allied
position in the Western Mediterranean
makes 1t possible to throw in men, planes
and ships from every base in North AZ
rica, as well as from Gibraltar. 1t might
be necessary first they agree, to neutral
ize Corsica and Sardinia, although the
capture OF Sicily removed the biggest
obstacle.
A force coming from Gibraltar would
be reasonably free from Axis attack until
1t reached the French shore, since 1t
would be out of range OF Axis aircraft
based at Corsica and Sardinia.
The picture of an Allied invasion of
the continent becomes more intriguing in
the light Of possible simultaneous land
ing operations at several points-the
principal one in Southern France, with
supporting operations on the italian
coast and the Channel coast
Evening star., 1943-09-05
Pacific Front

Excepting for one brief furry on Sum
day. when desperate Japanese troops
pushed the Australian forces back
slightly on the outskirts of Salamaua,
the news for the past week has been
excellent in the Pacific, especially en-
couraging being the naval attack on
Marcus Island.
First word that the Navy had sent
task force deep into japanese waters
came from Toxic, which reported that
the attack could have just as easily been
against the main islands. Later, the
Navy, breaking all precedents against
any announcements until the compile
tion Of battle, admitted that the attack
had occurred and that the action was
continuing.
Speculation was aroused at once over
the significance of the raid, because
Marcus in itself is of little value other
than as listening post. Some pre-
dicted that when the complete story is
told 1t will be seen that the raid was a
feint to cover more important cam
paign, just as the Jap blow at the Aleu-
tians was aimed at diverting needed
strength from the Hawaiian defenses.
There Is speculation, also that the OBJ
jective was to lure the Jap main feet
out into action, 1t being the eager de-
Evening star., 1943-09-05
European Front

Despite the best the Nazis could do in
the way of defense, Berlin underwent
two heavy raids during the week, the
Tuesday night and lasting well into
Wednesday.
1t was reported that Germany had
concentrated nearly 400 fighters in the
Berlin area and had set up unprece-
dented numbers of searchlights to guard
the capital, yet the big British and
Canadian bombers blasted their way
through to their target to drop great
quantities of two-ton blockbusters and
thousands of incendiaries which left
fires, 140 of which were still burning
two days later
The attacking bombers ran into a
new type OF defense when German fight
er planes, high in the air, dropped para
chute flares which lit the sky brilliantly
and siihouetted the bombers against the
glare, making them easily found targets
for the fighters cannon and machine
guns. Many planes were lost by both
sides.
Friday night Berlin again was at
tackled, though the details were not
Immediately announced. The raid was
comparable to that earlier in the week
so far as number of planes involved was
concerned.
The air activity, however, was not
confined to raids on Berlin. All week
long 1t was another chapter in the long
story of destruction which has taught
the German people as they have never
been taught before that the wasing Of
var involves death and devastation
Evening star., 1943-09-05

) When Winston Churchill spoke of the
soft underbelly' Of the Axis, he must
have had in mind not only Italy, but the
exposed sections of Southern France
lying between the frontiers Of Spain and
Italy.
On the sandy beaches leading up to
the delta OF the great Rhone River, many
observers believe the Allies may launch
their direct attack upon Hitler-held Eu-
rope, instead of against the heavily for
tilted English Channel coast, or against
Italy, which would mean fight over
terrain lending an advantage to the de-
tenders.
Not until the destruction Of the French
fleet at Toulon and the simultaneous
occupation Of this heretofore Vichy-
France area, was Hitler able to speed
fortifcation of the section. Even now,
some experts believe that it is the most
vulnerable of all invasion possibilities.
West of the great port of Marseille,
the coast is notched with lagoons and
the rocky Rhone delta Is covered with
underbrush. But the beaches are such
that a landing could be effected; there
Evening star., 1943-09-05
Russian Front

Explaining and excusing the Russian
advance throughout the week, Berlin
finally admitted on Friday that the
Reds had launched full-scale offensive
in an effort to drive the Nazis back to
the Dnieper River
The Nazi admission was no exaggera-
ton as over 1,500-mile front the Reds
hammered away and blasted the invad-
ers back, Berlin describing the retreat
as shortening of lines When the
Reds helped the Nazis shorten their
lines by capturing Taganrog Monday
they killed about $4,000 Germans and
captured several thousand more The
advance at this point increases the men,
ace to the Germans still left on the
kuban Peninsula and in the Crimea.
To the north, the Nazis had hoped to
start a counterdrive from Lyubotin,
west OF Kharkov, but the Reds in a
heavy assault, drove the Germans back
out OF the town, pushing on in the direc-
tion OF Kiev and apparently intending to
bypass the important rail center and
fortified city of Poltava.
Tuesday, the Reds pushed a spearhead
beyond Svesk and nearing point where
the rail line from Bryansk to Konotop
important junction, would be cut
A break-through by Russians which
resulted in the capture of Yelnya, As
miles east of Smolensk, posed a serious
threat to the northern bastion of the
battle line, which now extends some
1,500 miles.
BY Thursday, Konotop was in danger
OF encirclement with a southern spear
point heading out from Voronezh cap
turing the town of Sunny, which, with
Svesk in the north and Konotop in the
west, forms approximately an equalat-
eral triangle.
AS the week reached an end, advanc-
ing Russians were only $50 miles from
Kiev, capital of the Ukraine and pres
ent main objective of the advance, which
is. in full swing with hundreds of bat
teries OF artillery and operating under
an umbrella of planes which has given
the Reds command of the air. During
the week many scores of villages and
towns were released from German con-
troll.
Evening star., 1943-09-05
Postwar
Continued From Page BID

considers to its best interests after the
British and American governments have
been given chance to consider them.
On the other hand, there is also tia
possibility that the Germans will not.
make suficiently acceptable propositions
and will not be ready to give the neces-
sary guarantee that their peace offering
is not a trap. In this case, of course
we shall witness the complete disinte-1
grafton of the Reich next summer or fall
Must Fix Policy Quickly.
But here again, there is the all-impor-
tant question OF how the repayment to
the United States-that Is to say, lasting
peace in Europe-will be Accomplished
1t does not appear probable that the
views of Russia will harmonic with the
views Of the American people regarding
the makeup of Central. Eastern and
Southern Europe. And no mean factor
. is the fact that there are several million
American voters Of foreign extraction
who come from these nations Of Europe,
This cannot be overlooked with tho
presidential election coming up In No
vember 1914.
Hence, competent observers say the
next six months will be devoted to in
tense diplomatic negotiations among.
Washington. London and Moscow. The
Russians position, of course, is far
better than ours. The Soviet govern@
ment knows exactly what it wants; it
need not worry about an electoral vote:
it has definite views about what 1t ex-
poets peace to bring. What is more i'm,
portant, it has the power to force and
at the same time tempt the Germans to
offer peace.
President Roosevelt and Mr.. Churchill
have come to realize that merely ap-,
plauding the superb actions Of the Rus
sian armies and providing them with
lease-lend goods is not sufficient. II
they want to avoid mess in Europe
and at the same time prevent Stalin
from considering peace terms from tina
Reich, they must talk fast and strong.
They know that some territorial conces.
sions must be made to Russia from areas
which we regard as alien to the Russians,
but which the Kremlin considers as
national"
For the next six months the states
manship Of the American President and
the British Prime Minister will be of
greater Importance than the generalship
Of their army, air and navy leaders. 40
Evening star., 1943-09-05

Limit, Due 10 Minutes Ago" Afterward
his adjutant explained that they have
name for their boss, DO It Yesterday
Arnold" But he was sympathetic and
the time limit for me was prolonged.
Gen. Arnold's large forehead sur
mounting smiling eyes reflect mind
with great imagination. His sensitive
nose indicates good judgment. His mouth
Is generous with tendency to curl
upward at the ends, providing the smil-
ing disposition which has won him the
appellation Happy Arnold" At first
glance, too, you note the deep dimple
in his chin, his mark of adventure. His
face Is ruddy and body vigorous.
Ask any young officer on the generals
staff about the "old mans" inexhaustable
energy and you get the reply HE has
plenty Of what it takes and lots to spare" !"
The average staff officer fades out mid
way in the typical Arnold day. Nobody
Is sure just when he starts work in the
morning and nobody is sure when his
workday is over.
Cautiously I asked him what Is his
formula for a successful career and he
snapped back: Healthy body, clean
mind, lots of work and plenty of smiles"
The Philippines are old stuff to Gen.
Arnold; he served there when fresh from
West Point in 1909. When aviation was
in the frail, biplane stage, he went to
Dayton, Ohio, as member of the Signal
Corps, to receive instruction in Wrights.
After that course he became an instructor
at the Signal Corps Aviation School at
College Park, Md. He piloted q Burgess
Wright plane to an altitude record of
$50 feet June l, 1912, and captured the
first Mackay Trophy in October, 1912.
Though he itched to be in the thick of
things in World War I, he was assigned
to information service at Washington.
A Distinguished Service Medal was
awarded Gen. Arnold last October for
extraordinary achievement while par
ticipating in an aerial flight from Bris-
bane, Australia, to Boiling Field, WASH
inston, In total elapsed time of II hours
IA minutes"
fReleased b. the Bell Syndicate. me,
Evening star., 1943-09-05
Italian Front

Striking just before dawn on Friday
Gen. Montgomery sent his British and
Canadian troops swarming across the
Strait of Messina with orders to con-
tinue on until Italy was knocked out of
the war. Prior to the invasion, the
coastal Notifications around Scilla and
Reggie Calabria had been softened with
heavy shelling by Allied naval units and
blasted in air attacks.
The preparatory work was completed
30 successfully that the first wave of
landing troops sped on ahead to take
objeetives which were not expected to
fall until the second wave came ashore.
AS one British soldier described it, the
men were running forward like scalded
cat. an unpleasant but highly descrip-
tive simile. s.s~ .5
The reaction of the Italians in South
ern Italy apparently was one of relief to
see the invasion underway with the day
of deliverance from Germany at hand
In Rome, the news was received indif-
ferently by the population which sees the
advent of peace delayed rather than
speeded by the landings.
Allied air forces, co-ordinating with
the landing troops, struck heavily at the
Nazis In the North, blasting the rail lines
and bridges leading out of Brenner Pass
and thus materially crippling the Ger
mans in moving men and supplies in or
out of Italy. South of the pass, Bolzano
and Trento. important real centers, also
were bombed by Flying Fortresses which
had made their deepest penetration into
Italy.
All week long, the Allied aircraft
pounded away at Italy's transportation
system and war industries, for the most
part raiding almost unchallenged al
though on Tuesday, the Nazis made a
desperate effort to halt the raiders,
throwing in large number of fighters
and carrying on a running battle which
continued 100 miles out to sea with 81
enemy planes shot down and Is Allied
craft lost.
Nervous Berlin warned during the
week that great Allied fleet has been
assembled in the harbor at Gibraltar
ready to aid in another invasion which
Berlin fears might come on the southern
coast Of France, the advantages of which
are shown on the accompanying map, or
directly across the Channel where Berlin
states two mighty armies soon will clash
in the greatest battle of all times. 1t
was admitted that troops had been with
drawn from the Russian front to prepare
for the test of strength which Berlin
feels certain shortly Is to come.
Evening star., 1943-09-05

which can occur at home as well as in
invaded lands.
After a two-day lull, Allied bombers
in all categories Tuesday struck at the
Rhineland, including the heavily bombed
city of Duisburg, Muenchen- Gladbach,
city OF 100000, and airfields in France
Belgium and the Netherlands.
While the British were hammering
Berlin, American planes wrecked the
important airfield at Amiens in France
and the Mazingarbe chemical plant at
Bethune. Friday the Renault aircraft
plant in Paris and other objectives in
France were blasted.
A recapitulation of the activities of
the American 9th Army Air Force in
August indicated that considerably
more than 500 Axis planes were shot
down, the biggest day coming on August
II. when Flying Fortresses in the raid
on Regensburg and Schweinfurt de-
stroyed BOT Nazi fighters in the air, al
though SO Fortresses were lost in the
action.
Adding to Germany's troubles was the
insurrection in Denmark, which occurred
Sunday when sailors suddenly revolted
and sank 45 ships of the Danish Navy,
with 8, including 2 small destroyers,
escaping to Swedish waters. German
gunners sank many small boats in which
Danes were seeking to scurry across the
water to the friendly shores of Sweden.
Martial law was quickly set up by the
Nazis but despite all pressure, the
Danes could not be bludgeoned into set
ting up new government favorable to
Hitler.
1t was estimated that 1000 were killed
and wounded in clashes between Ger
man troops and the Danish soldiers and
sailors, who were pitifully outnumbered
and outgunned. All fixed Notifications
IN the hands of the Danes were blown
up by the patriots and rail lines and
harbor facilities were bombed and de-
Stroyed.
The fear of internal disorders has
caused the Nazis to order all German
civilians to leave occupied Greece. and
concern is felt in Berlin over a warning
to the Czechs to arm themselves and
prepare to rise against their oppressors.
The Allied landings in Italy following
the other successes has increased the
hope OF deliverance which is stirring in
the hearts of the overridden peoples of
occupied Europe.