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The Wilmington morning star., 1943-04-09

tanks, but were beaten back, the
Russians said.
"The Hitlerites were met with
artillery and mortar fire." said the
communique. "When the German
formation was disorganized our men
launched counterattack and hurl-
ed back the enemy to his initial po-
sition. Three hundred and fifty
German officers and men were
wiped out. Four German tanks
were burned or destroyed"
These successes were reported
after Moscow dispatches, quoting
the official Soviet army newspaper
Red Star, told of the Russians
routing the enemy from several adj
vantageous positions in the Izyum
sector after taking a heavy toll of
Nazi casualties in the past week
or ten days.
Elsewhere the front remained
quiet, the communiQue noting that
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-04-09
BRITISH EIGHTH ARMY
DRIVING AFTER ENEMY
General Anderson In North
Drives To Within II
Miles OF Tunis
ALLIES HOLD SOUTH
Montgomery's Forces Now
Nearing New Junction
With Americans

A L L I E D HEADQUAR-
TIERS IN NORTH AFRICA,
April 8.-(P-The British
Eighth Army, gaining Is
miles in the coastal pursuit
Of Marshal RommePs forces
was reported tonight only Is
miles from a junction with
another American column,
which was driving toward the
sea in the Maknassy-Mezzou-
ma sector of Central Tunisia.
In the north Gen. K. A. N.
Anderson's British First Ar
my, striking out northeast
ward in the Medjez-el-Bah
region, reached a point with
in 27 airline miles of the Axis
stronghold of Tunis.
Field dispatches said all
southern Tunisia now is in AL
lied hands after the British
shattered the wadi Akarit
lines and made their first
junction with the Americans
on the Gafsa.
New Juncture Expected
The next juncture of the British
with an American column vas ex-
pected in the area betwee-, Mez-
zouna and Graiba, more than so
miles up the coast from Gabes.
There were indications that ad-
vance Eighth army troops already
had swept beyond Cekhira da
Skhirra), coastal settlement
within so miles of Sfax.
Twenty-Five miles to the north
west U. S. troops under Lieut.. Gen.
George S. Patton, Jr., were bat
ting German arnored columns
near Mezzouna in an effort to
break through to the sea and cut
off Rommers retreat.
The swift Eighth army pursuit
also indicated hat Rommel would
be unable to make e~other defen-
sive stand in Cekhira sector be-
tween the sea and the Sebkret salt
marsh.
The Americans fighting near
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The Wilmington morning star., 1943-04-09
Yox Aines|
To Run Again
For City Post
Mayor Will Not File For
Reelection; Brand AL
so Out OF Race
REASONS DIVULGED
Both Men D eclare That
Pressure OF Businesses
Require Move

With the closing time for
filing for the municipal pri-
mary less than "a hours away
both Mayor Edgar L. Vow,
head of the city government
for the past five months, and
Councilman ]. N. Brand, Jr.,
the city treasurer, announced
last night that they would
not be candidates for re-elec-
ton.
Both gave the demands of
their individual businesses as
the reason for not seeking
council seats for a second
term. The mayor is an attor-
ney while Mr.. Brand is an au-
ditor of passenger receipts
for the Atlantic Coast Line
Railroad company.
Little Interest Noted
To date, the municipal election
has attracted little interest and only
seven candidates including the re-
naming three members of the
present council, have filed for the
primary, as against 36 candidates
for the council in the first mu-
nicipal primary under the new gov
ernment two years ago.
'1t has given me a great deal
of pleasure to serve the people of
Wilmington as their councilman
and as their mayor Mr.. Vow said
last night.
II regret deeply that my busi-
ness interests will not permit me
to again be "a candidate for the
council"
''My term of office on the council
has been most enjoyable" Mr..
Brand declared. He said that the
pressure of business would not per-
nit him to devote enough time
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DRIVER IS HELD
F.. IN ROAD DEATH
Coroner's Jury Finds Camp
Davis Soldiers Death
Due To Operator

o. H. Reese Of 314 North Second
street, a truck driver for Mac
MILAN and Cameron Oil company
here, was bound over to the New
Hanover grand jury after coro-
ner's jury, meeting Thursday aft
ernoon, had implicated him in the
death of Pvt. Lloyd W. Slower of
Camp Davis.
Slower died in the post hospital
Tuesday afternoon of injuries re-
ceived when he was struck by an
oil truck, allegedly driven by
Keese, at the intersection of Fifth
and Orange streets Sunday.
The jury found that Slove
"came to his death from injuries
resulting from his being struck by
an oil truck driven by o. H.
Keese.''
Keese is free under $1,000 bond
at present and Coroner Asa w.
Allen said after the inquest that
he thought the bond was sufficient
to hold the driver for the grand
jury.
Pvt. Thomas Saad Of Camp Da-
Wis, who was with Slower at the
time of the accident, testified that
he and Slower left the USO club
on the northwest corner of Filth
and Orange and walked across the
intersection.
At the time, he said, he noticed
an automobile Cater testified to
have been driven by J. A. Varga)
stop at the stop sign across Orange
street.
my Buddy was about two feet
up on the sidewalk when the truck
hit him." Saad, whose home is
in Danbury, Conn.,, declared. He
said he reached the sidewalk a
few feet ahead of Slower.
Other witnesses told how t h e
truck, proceeding west on Orange
street, swerved sharply to the
right, to apparently avoid hitting
the Varga automobile, and ran up
on the northeast corner of the IN
tersection, striking Slower and rum
ming over him.
Two wheels of the truck were
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LONDON, Friday, April 9.-P0
Russian troops fighting bitter but
apparently localized tank and in
fantry battles in the Izyum sector
of the Donets basin scored success
es both in offense and defense
against the Germans thursday,
the Soviet midnight communlque
said today.
On one unnamed sector OF this
front the Russians attacked the en-
emy and occupied favorable de-
fense line,' said the communlque
recorded here by the Soviet mon
itor. "In fighting for this hne'
the bulletin continued, "about
company OF infantry was Wipeo
out" -
South of Balakleya, which IS ~
miles northwest of Iyum on the
railroad from Kharkov. the Ger
mans attacked with an infantry
battalion supported by a dozen
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-04-09

WASHINGTON, April s.-CP)-
ahe Japanese, in their greatest
serial assault against the Guadal-
,ahal area since last November,
hurled almost 100 planes Wednes-
uay against precious American ship
p'ng off that battle-weary isle.
aheflcan fighters, rising to inter-
NepI' shot down 81 enemy planes
iu lost seven, the Navy disclosed
-0udy-a ratio of one to five.
o. whether any bombers got through
-, ~ attack the ships was not made
speculation Immediately rose here
whether the assault signaled the
naS'ig sinrlhg of big new Japanese
WIS WIS some have expected for
,TNS. ,ag Not since early February
noo me enemy shown up in force
~r Io.. G..uadalcapal.
af IRE what happened to the force
n ~ Japanese bombers and 4S Zero
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-04-09
President Freezes Practi-
esIly All Prices AT Pres
ent Levels
TO COMBAT INITIATION
Move Is Latest Effort To
Fight Rising Cost Of
Living In Nation
MAsHINGTON. April g.

WASHINGTON, April g.
R, - President Roosevelt
tonight virtually froze all
prices and drastically tight
sned barriers against wage
increases in a sweeping "hold-
tbe-line order" against infla-
ton.
To back up his wage con-
trolls, he authorized Manpow-
er Commissioner Paul V. Nc
Mutt to forbid anyone to take
a new job at higher pay un-
less the change would aid the
war program. And, as a
fourth step, he asked that
rate regulatory bodies refuse
rate increases to utilities and
carriers and reduce them
where possible.
Calls On Congress
Yet these actions alone would not
suffice to halt initiation, Mr.. Roose-
velt said, and called on Congress
to enact tax and savings legislation
to hold in check excess purchasing
power.
Il am exerting every power I
possess to preserve our stabiliza-
ton program" he said in a state
ment Il am sure that Congress
will cooperate"
Mr.. Roosevelt issued both an ex-
ecutive order and statement in
explanation of it.
His order directed that the price
administrator and the food admin
istrator take steps Immediately to
place ceiling prices on all COM
modities affecting the cost of liv-
ing, meaning that fresh fish, all
vegetables and fruits and any other
items now exempt must be brought
under price controls.
In addition, Mr.. Roosevelt di-
rected that they Immediately use
all discretionary power vested in
them by law to prevent further
price increases direct or indirect,
10 prevent profiteering and to re-
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The Wilmington morning star., 1943-04-09
Child INJURED
BY AUTOMOBILE
Three Year Old Son OF
Maffitt Village Family
Seriously Hurt

Freddie Pate, three-year-old son
of Mrs. Fannie Pate Of los Oavie
drive, Maffitt village, was seriously
injured when struck by an auto
mobile on the Caroline Beach high
way near the war housing project
at noon Thursday.
Attendants at the hospital Thurs
day night described his condition
as satisfactory.
Officers from the sl1eriff's de-
partment who investigated the ac-
cident said the boy left Reeds
Grocery store and ran out on the
highway, apparently right in front
of an automobile driven by Joe
Powell, Negro.
Powell, they said, swerved his
automobile off the highway to
avoid hitting the child. His automo-
bile was travelling at moderate
speed at the time, witnesses said.
''Sonnie Boy" Pate's brother,
was with him at the time but was
not injured in the accident.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-04-09
DIRECTORS NAMED
FOR TRADE GROUP
Balloting Completed For
Chamber OF Commerce
Yearly Election

Balloting for the Chamber of
Commerce board of directors was
completed Thursday afternoon, and
the Is men to serve the organiza-
ton for the 1884 session were
announced by F. o. Fockler, Sec
retary of the Greater Wilmington
Chamber of Commerce.
Named to the board of men,
bers, voting by mailed ballot. were
w. E. Curtis, w. A. Fonveille, N.
L. Foy, E. L. White, E. A. Laney,
w. D. McCraig, H. A. Marks, F.
P. O'Crowley, D. H. Penton, L..
A. Raney, H. c. Rorison, J. G..
Thornton, E. R. Toms, ]. X. Ban
herman, and E. B. Bugg.
According to election rules tor
the Chamber of Commerce, mot
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fighters escorting them, accordlng
to the Navy: 21 Zero fighters, dive
bombers and 10 planes, "of types
unrer orted,' destroyed; announcer
Japanese plane crashed.
United States planes lost were one
Airacobra fighter and six WILDCAT
fighters. One American pilot was
rescued.
The Navy conmunique was. re-
leased coincidental with press con-
ference at which Secretary OF war
Stimson said that Japanese ar
strength is growing in the lower
Pacific. He added, however, thal
American strength has been lncreas-
ed also-"and further increases are
in immediate prospect IN lnoid'
China and the southeast Paclflc.
At the same time, Secretary sum
son asserted that American alrliien
in the north Pacific are making thP
positions of Japanese garrisons on
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-04-09
American Airn1en Down 81 Jap
Planes Over Guadalcanal Island

the Aleutian islands or Kiska and
Attu increasingly precarious." He
said U. S. attacks are being step
ped up despite adverse weather.
In addition to the enemy aircraft
wrecked at Guadalcanal, another
plane, a four-engine flying boat,
was destroyed Wednesday when
American Avengers and Dauntlesses
dlve-bombed Rekata bay, Santa Isa-
bel island. The destruction of 80
planes in that one days fighting
raised to 943 the total of enemy air
craft shot down or bombed to pieces
on the ground In the Solomons
campaign to date.
The action around Guadalcanal
came late on the second of two days
which brought a marked intensifi-
cation of aerial activity by both
sides in the Sclomons sector. Amer
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The Wilmington morning star., 1943-04-09
Blaze Extinguished
In Record Room Of
Local Customshouse

A slight fire which broke
out in the court records room
of the U. S. customshouse ear
ly Thursday afternoon was
quickly extinguished by fire.
men.
Damage to the store of rec
ords in the room was slight,
as the flames appeared to have
scorched only few papers.
Officially, no reason for the
fire was ascribed. However,
some observers believed spon-
taneous combustion promoted
the flames; others believed the
fire sprang from a lighted Gig
arctic accidentally dropped in
the room.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-04-09

FDR 1SSuesDr
F0rCOntrOlOfAllWa9es
Official Of Skipyard
Resigns Position To
Accept Florida Post

o. M. Richardson, assistant
personnel director of the North
Carolina Shipbuilding company
here for the past two years, an
nOunced his resignation from
the shipbuilding company Thurs
day.
MIR. Richardson said he had
accepted a position as personnel
director of the Saint Johns
River Shipbuilding company at
Jacksonville. Fla. He said he
planned to leave the company
here around April Is.
LII addition to his other duties.
Mr.. Richardson is member of
the price panel of the New Han
over War Price and Rationing
board and member of the War
Housing committee of the New
Hanover defense council.
He said he planned to submit
his resignation to the two bodies
within the next few days.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-04-09

British restraint.
These two enlisted men the
helmeted, grinning American and
the freckled, red-haired Briton with
blue beret, stepped forward and
shook hands for the first formal
contact. uniting British forces
which had pursued Field Marshal
Erwin Rommel 1900 miles and the
Americans who slapped the Ger
mans back 40 miles from Kasser-
inc pass in six weeks.
This is Acland's own story of the
meeting, to which soldiers of both
organizations had been awaiting
eagerly for weeks:
cat first we thought you were
ferries because of your helmets.
We had been having trouble with
Jerry all the night before and all
this morning we had been picking
up italian prisoners.
1--WE We're seriously considering
opening fire on you, especially
when we saw big gun sticking
out of your armored lorrieS. Then
we got the idea it was you. We
remembered everybody yesterday
was saying we would meet the
Yanks today and when you fellows
started running out of your We
hicles we recognized you.
''Then everything happened at
once. We were in a big stretch of
wasteland i'll the middle of nothing.
There were five armored cars on
your side - your half tracks with
,l5-mlll1meter guns - and we had
three armored dingos or scout cars,
each holding two persons"
There was a lot of handshaking.
A small community took form on
the spot. Some of the Yanks start
ed offering us American cigarettes
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The Wilmington morning star., 1943-04-09
WILMINGTON CASH
BALANCE REDUCED
Expenditures By City Gov.
eminent Exceed Rev.
enues In March

The city's financial outlay dur
ing the month Of March exceeded
revenues for the month by approx
imately $5O,ooo, reducing the cash
balance built up in the city treas
ury over the nine months since
the fiscal year began to 1854, ,278. "A,
City Manager A. C. Nichols said
Tuesday.
Revenues totalled $68, ,554.53 dur
ing the month while expenses
were $117,564.20.
Pointing out that on nearly ev-
cry source of revenue the income
has far exceeded budgetary esti-
mates, City Manager Nichols said
the decrease in the cash balance
was anticipated.
He said the major item in the
$117,564 outlay for the month was
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The Wilmington morning star., 1943-04-09
LOCAL DETECTIVE
SERGEANT PASSES
W. D. Thompson, Promin-
ent City Police Officer,
Dies Here Thursday

Detective-Sergeant W. D. Thomp-
son, head of the detective squad OF
the Wilmington police department,
died in James Walker Memorial hos
pital at 6:35 p. m. Thursday, follow
ing a sudden heart attack.
He was "a years old.
The detective-sergeant, who has
played a leading role in the solution
of the major crimes committed mere
in the past few years, had just re-
turned home Thursday from a trip
when he was stricken by the heart
attack. He was taken to the hospi-
tai where he died within a few
hours.
Funeral arrangements have not
been completed.
Sergeant Thompson was one of
our finest Officers" Chief of Police
Charles TT. Casteen said Thursday
night.
He was both capable and eff
cient in the performance of his du-
ties. The entire department regrets
his loss
Harry e. Fales, superintendent of
the New Hanover bureau of inves-
tigation, who worked closely with
Sergeant Thompson in criminal in
vestigations here, also praised the
departed officer and expressed deep
regret over his death.
SGT. Thompson received a major
share Of the credit for the solution
of the $4,000 Coca-Cola Bottling
company plant robberies here last
fall and the apprehension and con.
viction Of the men responsible; the
apprehension and conviction of five
(Cou@;nrad m, poro Txpo. CoJ C\
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-04-09
Eden Inuites Hull
To Visit England
For Further Talks

LONDON, April 8-tR-Foreign
Secretary Anthony Eden told the
House of Commons today that no
had invited Secretary of State Coz
dell Hull to visit Britair this sum-
mer to continue -onversations "a
British American relations which
he said should be basef on tha3S
true foundation-a common NJ
terest in maintenance Of world
peace"
His announcement, made during
report on his recent trip to the
United States and Canada, was
greeted with cheers. q" Washing.
ton Hull said he app aztec the
invitation, but had not yet made
any planS).
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-04-09
Russians Defeat German Forces
In Bitter Fighting Near Izyum

no significant changes" occurred
anywhere.
On the western front where the
Russians have driven TO approx1-
mately 80 miles from the big Nam
base of Smolensk, the Soviet troops
fortified their positions and con.
Quoted fighting reconnaissance,"
the midnight bulletin said. adding
that "our artillery and infantry
arms wiped out more than $50 Ger.
man officers and men, and sileno.
ed two artillery batteries"
A flare-up of action to the south
on the front west of Rostov, was
reported in which occasional blasts
from artillery pieces were ex-
changed One Soviet unit reported
destroying six Nazi blockhouseS
Continued on Page Two; Col.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-04-09
ExpectedToBeSetUp
In Northeastern Area
Sz'ooo'ooo Already Appropriated For Con.
structlon; Final Cost May Run Above
SlO,OOOOOO According to Estimates
By HOWARD SUTTLE
Star-NewS WASHINGTON Bureau

:. WASHINGTON, April 8-The Navv denartment -
aocated @ for the initial developments of s10
zoGooG Haya air field Wilmington N c. Represent
a'Ve bayard Clark of North Carolina revealed tonight
Although the department. has vet to make an official
concerning the location of the ten million dol.
lar installation it understood that an area in northeast
ern New Hanover county, just south of SCOTS Hi has
been selected for the base
Architectural and engineering supervision for the mon.
ster project will be handled by George Watts Carr of Dur
ham, whose firm has played prominent part in the con.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-04-09
DEADLINE TODAY

Friday, April 9, is the last
day for filing in the forthcom-
ing city election.
Chairman H. G.. Carney. OF
the city elections board, warm
ed that his office would close
promptly at 6 p. m. and after
that time no candidates would
be accented.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-04-09
Americans And British
Swap Tunisian Trophies
WITH U. S. FORCES IN SOUTHERN TUN1s

WITH U: S. FORCES IN SOUTHERN TUNISIA April
7-Delayed) -QP)-"Helo, you Limey!'
That was the affeconate hail given by Sergt Joseph A.
Randall of State Center Iowa. to Sergt A. W. Acand of
Mazda vae London as reconnaissance patrols of the Brit
sh Eighth Army and armored forces of the Second u
Army corps met in historic uncture the hardsurfaced
road amid desert wastes AZ miles from Gabes today
Every glad to you' answered Acland, with typical
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-04-09
WEATHER

FORECAST:
North Carolina Continued warm today
eastern Standard Time)
By U. S. Weather Bureau)
Meteorological data for the "a hours
ending 1880 p. M, yesterday.
Temperature
1 80 a. M, So; 7:3O a. M, SO; 1 80 D.
M, rs; 80 p. M, 66.
Maximum II; Minimum 81; Mean GA;
Normal go.
Humidity
l 80 a. M, 81; 80 a. M, rs; l 80 p.
M, SO; 7:30 p. m, II.
Precipitation
Total for the "a hours ending 7:30 p.
M, 600 inches.
Total since the first of the month,
5.89 inches.
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notice.!

If your carrier fails to
leave your copy of the Will
mington Morning Star,
Phone 2-3311 before 900 a.
m. and one will be sent to
you by special messenger.
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Henderson daily dispatch., 1943-03-15

"Glad wc ran into you. Judge. was inst
tryrr' to set Helen s,ra,.n, on tins business
about sugar. | wish you'd tell her what you
told me last night down at lodge"
Glad to, jim. told him. Helen. that
there's not Il single bit Of truth to the
fHmor that the dlstiiir-s Use sugar in
making whiSkcy. Thcr ma c It exclusively
from gram. Only hootlc.tcls Use ,,igar f.,
make whiskcy. read an article in the
paper just last week that goes to prove
Henderson daily dispatch., 1943-03-15

1t. II told how confessed bpo,rY,r in
Il Federal court testified to the iat tUn,
another bo"tlrGucr. also on trial. had
bought a million pounds Of STAR !..a
years ago.
As matter Of fact. Helen. u, d,stllri
Is making whlskcy today and hasn't lot
many months. All disriIri~ arc wo:k'nH
Mth' and day producing va; alcohol lr' the
government. Md 'hcy make every drop OF
:. exclusively from grain, too"
Henderson daily dispatch., 1943-03-15

'-r~.,r.,,a@.-.a.n r~a ira.., '"..
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-12

cause of the voyage = tho ship owners
business That business has separated
him from his usual places OF associa-
tons BY adding this separation TO the
restrictions of living as well as working
aboard. il FORCES dual. and unique com
pulsions for seeking relief wherever it
may be found.
I'm sum- 1t is the ships business which
subjects the seaman 10 the risks attending
hours of relaxation in strange surround
ings. Accordingly, it is but reasonable
that the business extend the same pro-
tections against injury from them as IL
gives for other risks Of the employment"
Just how far this newly epunciated
doctrine extends the court refused 10 SAY.
What for instance. would be the law if a
perfectly sober sailor in a strange port,
was on his way 90 a bar for refreshment
and, msreading traffic signal, was in
jured. Would the ship owner still be
liable That's question which the court
may have 90 decide some day
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-12

Richmond Philadelphia. One evening
Jones had shore leave AS he was pro-
cccding through the pier in the darkness
he fell into ditch and received injuries
that kept him from work.
In the second case one Pedro Aguilar,
a member of the crew Of the steamship
+. M Clark that had locked at Carteret,
New Jersey, had been ashore on personal
business. on the way back he was struck
and injured by an automobile.
Justice Wiley b. Rutledge, the courts
newest appointee, writing for the entire
bench, rejected the contention of the
owners that once sailor goes on shore
leave on personal business their response
bility TO him ceases
''The voyage creates not only the need
for relaxation ashore but the necessity
that it be satisfied in distant and un-
familiar ports" he said in part
"If in those surroundings the seaman,
without disqualifying misconduct, con-
tracts disease or incurs injury, it is be-