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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-12-06
OCCUPIED FRANCE
RAIDED BY ALLIES
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the German air force to stand UP
under the growing Allied often.
sive strength was seen in the feat
of two Typhoon squadrons which
destroyed II of about IA German
night bombers which they encount,
cred yesterday over a Dutch air.
field.
Brig. Gen. Frederick L. Ander-
son, commander of the U. S.
Eighth Air Force bomber com
mand, asserted in a broadcast to
American war workers that his
Eighth Air Force had the German
air force "reeling" with a record
400 tons of bombs dropped on
Nazi targets during November.
He warned, however, that the
Germans were not knocked out
ct, confirming to some extent the
impressions Of George Bengtsson.
a Swedish traveller returning from
bombed areas of Germany, who
told the Stockholm Svenska Nor
ganbladet in an interview that
many Germans were hypnotized
with the Nazi ''secret weapon
propaganda and believed the Ger
mans still had a chance to win
the war, despite the crushing air
raids and the great reverses on
the Russian front.
The Berlin radio said that ele-
plants, lions, tigers, leopards,
monkeys, crocodiles and huge
snakes were among the inmates
in the Berlin zoo killed during
the British raids last month.
A dispatch from Stockholm said
an indirect effect Of the bombing
offensive against Germany was
beginning to show in various in
eustries. The paper industry was
said to have been forced to side
trick its normal Operations to
manufacture millions of pasteboard
windows to replace shattered
panes.
Travellers reaching Stockholm
reported the foreign office and
the justice ministry already had
been moved to Eilesia, leaving
only skeleton setups in Berlin and
that other ministries also were
preparing to evacuate the capital.
Hints of the approaching inva.
sion were given by the Eighth
Air Force With the announcement
of the development of a new fight.
er-bomber = PAT Thunderbolts
equipped with bomb-racks for
swift stabs over occupied territory
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-12-06
What You Should Know
eketCOUGHS

For a persistent cough-one that mas
lasted for days or longer-see your
Physician. Don't try to treat such a
cough yourself. 1t may indicate serious
condition.
2-For a cough due to a cold see your
druggist and get Mentho-Mulsion, the
modern, tasty cough preparation that
starts soothing relief from the very first
dose. Acts fast to help loosen tight
phlegm, soothe irritated throat menu
branes and allay the coughing. Comes all
ready to use-nothing to mix-nothing
to fix. Ideal for children as well as
adults Druggists sell Mentho-Mulsion
on the understanding that you are 70 be
delighted or your money will be gladly
refunded. Use only as directed. (adp9
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-12-06
Many Soldiers Learning
To Sing At Camp Davis

CAMP DAVIS--At least 80 per
cent of the people who think they
can't carry tune can learn to
sing. That's the opinion of Corporal
Sylvan Bernstein, former music
teacher in Los Angeles high schools
who is now directing the Singing
Soldiers glee club at the Anti
aircraft Artillery School here.
If you can read and whistle,
you can sing that's what Corp
Bernstein tells soldiers who are
timid about joining the glee club
Ard it seems to work for most of
the As enlisted men in the Sing
ing Soldiers" never took music
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-12-06
ACTION TO DELAY
VOTE ON SUBSIDIES
IS GAINING GROUND
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accept any proposal to continue the
life of the commodity credit cor
poration for even go Gays, without
attempting to attach the anti-sub-
sidy ban.
That's no compromise, he de-
clared. 1T seems as though every
time the White House wants to
compromise with the formers, it
wants to compromise the White
House way. I think there is even
a deliberate attempt 10 hold up the
price of food in order to try to get
this subsidy proposal across"
On the other hand, Senator FL
lender D-LA), an aGministrati ton
supporter of subsidies, said he
thought there is "a good chance"
that some compromise will be
reached. He did not elaborate, ex-
cept to note that the possibility of
offering resolution tc continue the
CCC for 90 days is under considera-
ton.
Ellender said that if such bill
were passed by Congress, subsidy
payments could be continued for
the next so days with Reconstruct
ton Finance Corporation and other
funds which would BE- available to
the CCC.
If a democratic caucus is called
to consider the subsidy question,
party members also may take up
the troublesome Issue raised by
the House-approved hill to abol-
ish the collection of state poll taxes
as a prerequisite to voting in a
federal election.
Senate Majority Leader Barley
(D-KY) has been urged by some
of his colleagues to bring togeth-
er the warning delnocl attic factions,
represented by Southerners who
have threatened a tilibuster and
others who are seeking passage of
the bill. to fight It out behind
closed doors. Action on the mea-
sure has been delayed by mutual
agreement until after the first of
the year.
--V---
Total iadio production in this
country is valued at $25O,O0O, 900
a month
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-12-06
HOUSE IN SHADOW OF GREAT
PYRAMID
Associated Press Foreign Staff

The Mena House, site of the
Roosevelt-C1urcnlil-Ciang Kai-shek
conference, is an olo-fashioned, As
room gray stone hotel of no par
tlcular architecture, set in the
shadow of the great pyramid of
CheopS on the skirt of the Libyan
desert eight miles from Cairo on
the west bank q the Nile.
1t is tlat-roofed, two-story,
nondescrlpt building which might
be found ard never roticed any,
where in the world. But Mena
houses famous location makes it a
lsndmalk TO be remembered,
Every Traveller who goes to Cairo,
presumably. goes out to view the
pyramids S~oner Or later. His trip
Takes MIN past the Mena House.
Inc motel is named for Mena.
1faolnonally the first ruler Of a
united Egypt, wncse dynasty dates
NSSG osup u.
me motel is famed for its at
11acllVe tropical gardens, land
seaped with palm trees and potted
plants Oh all kinds, surrounded by
gray stone wall. The ancient
stones with which the hotel and the
, wal are quilt came from the
Seathering pyramids.
, Mela house IS something of a
H =; resort for out there the air
a. e n drier and fresher than
u. sna I Sll Iii December, January
t anu FEBRUARY the nights are some
' ullles unpleasan:ly cold, but the
t sed,nef Is perfect il. November,
NC T ia'ter part Of March and April.
.,a .ne Aostelry boasts a variety OF
easements. 1t has an open air
stunning oo,i.l l pool and many tennis
o wv There is golf course laid
s Wv VII tse sands of the desert. In
. ,a times it is quite the thing
AVlor out to Mena House for
i in tS dances - very romantic
m NJ slF desert setting, with the pyra.
Illus T shlmmering nearby.
iae bedouins who take tourists
c WI 'Aelr trips to the pyramids on
fs uiaelS or donkels always wait for
'',eS outside Mena House.
Mena House is over a half cen.
r ruly old, It's Accommodations are
tb, o comfortable but not te
~ eompared with a modern hotel
IL ~ Is near the spot where Napo
~ +boi = tolo his soldiers just before
.Is Battle of the Pyramids in 1893
,a,' ol ~, centuries look down upor
Ll'ner a hostile or a friendl,
g; would have on easy time
,1lulhg the Mena House. The grea-
H. bs'alhld in clear desert air woule
perfect marker, Gay or night
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-12-06
SITE OF CAIRO
MEET REVEALED
Big Three Talks Took
Place AT Mena House,
Near Pyramids

CAIRO Dec. 5-R-The Roose
Churchill Chang Kai shell
ven pscifc consultations were held a
pa a Mena House, luxury hotel five
lli 'les outside Cairo, it was dis
n 1aesd today at a press conference,
c e. room Uttered with Cairo
IL splurging the news tina
I n.osiden1 Roosevelt and Prime
I,iuicter Churchill had just con
l D1nded a conference with Premier
e.slin at Teheran.
Presidents at Mena House this
..,arming read the Cairo papers
n Darrvine the news under Moscow
"a" ~5 other datelines of the Persian
ena of the leaders of the
1T.i+ed States, britain, and Rus
STA,
A., press conference, it was dis
,nsed that President Roosevelt
.ad lived in a villa near the Mena
t Tnlse during the Pacific confer
. Most of ire plenary sessions
# that conference We're held in
his big living room.
The TACT that the Pacific con-
,orence was held at Mena House,
cIose by the sphinx, accentuated
tbs previous designation of this
meeting as the sphinx confer
ence.
The 45-room, gray stone house
nsmed for the first ruler Of a united
Tovpt. Mnea, whose dynasty dates
bsrk to 5000 B. Giles near the
pyramid Of Cheops. More than so
rears old, it is noted for its tropi-
cal gardens.
One Arabic newspaper carried a
cartoon Of ne sphinx body headed
6y enigmatlc, pipe-smcking Stain,
With Roosevelt, Churchill, and
cbanig Kai-shek as satellites.
Meanwhile, a protest signed by
virtually every representative of
fine world press gathered in Cairo
was sent tc Minister of Informa-
tion Brendar Bracken in London
and Elmer Davis OF the owl in
Washington expressing complete
dissatisfaction with the way
public relations and press facili-
tes of the great power conferences
have been managed" and express
sng hope that tiisse methods will
not serve as pattern for press
leverage OF future conferences"
The news stores Of the confer
ences ali bore oatcljnes showing
tae source Oh the premature releas-
es we're ia, from Cairo, where
Roosevelt, Churchill and Chang
KaiSnek had met and already an
n0mceI the conclusions Of their
meeting but without permitting
until now announcement of the To-
cation of the meeting sites as
Cairo and the Men, House.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-12-06

lesson. Singing is not only fun,
but it has a beneficial effect on the
mind and the body. It's a great way
for soldier to blow off steam.
A considerable library of choral
music from the University of North
Carolina has been obtained by
Corp. Bernstein who writes many
Of the arrangements used by the
AAA Schools glee club. This
Christmas the club plans to present
series of Yuletide carols at var
ious places throughout the AAA
School. The Singing Soldiers
were a feature of "Gi-ety Variety
the show produced recently by en-
listed men of the AAA School.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-12-06
RUSSIANS MENACE
VITAL RAIL HUB
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The Soviet monitor and the Bri
fish Ministry of Information botf
recorded reports that battles were
being fought on the approaches tx
Zhlobin, the important junction o:
the Leningrad-Odessa and Gomel
Minsk railways. The Russians las
were reported eight miles away or
drive from the southeast up the
Comel rail line.
Fierce Attacks
The Russians were pictured in
the German communique as having
launched fierce new attacks in the
Crimea from their bridgeheac
northeast of Kerch. The Germans
also said Rumanian troops attack.
ed the Soviet bridgehead south Of
Kerch and "penetrated the enemy
Red Army positions and made a
dash for the coast" No mention
was 1==ade by the Russians of a
Crimean operation.
The Germans reported heavy
fighting continuing in the Cher
kasy area but asserted the Soviet
offensive west of Snolensk area
offensive.
Russians Penetrate
n.o- Tx,@o Nous 1nnS
MOSCOW, Dec. 5. - (P) - Gen
Constantine Rokossovsky's Rec
troops, fighting often in binding
snowstorms, have penetrated deer
into the Germans strong defense
line virtually from one end OF White
Russia to the other.
In the Ukraine, the Red army
managed to advance somewhat II
the southwest sector, said the lat
est reports from the front.
The German high command, a.
ware of the danger of losing all
communications in southern Rus
STA, apparently hurried up thous-
ands of reserves and fresh tank
groups in a bold stroke to halt the
Soviet offensive.
Hitler, however, failed to count
on Rokossovsky's offensive toward
Zhlobin i, Gomel area and there
were many signs of Nazi lack OF
manpower. The Germans were said
to be using sappers engineers as
first-Gne troops in some sectors OF
White Russia.
The worst snowstorms OF THIS
year are sweeping White Russia
making the advance difficult, ou'
the Red Army-with the engineers
playing of their greatest roles
has driven deep into the pernan
ent Nazl defenses and is moving
swiftly upon several major obJeV
tives.
In increasing danger of encircle
ment were the cities and towns
of Mozyr, Kalinkovichi, Zhlobln
Rcgachev. Bykhov, Mogilev, Orshs
and Vitebsk.
A dispatch from the White Rus'
sian front said even the first 1rosts
had no. hardened the terrain. Rus.
sian cavalry was in the vanguard
of the drive westward, and was
perhaps the only branch OF the
service that could operate now
without the aid of sappers in this
weather.
doing an almost Herculean job lay
Groups of Red army sappers are
ing log roads behind the front, with
each group equipped with portable
sawmiils and power plants.
Often the sawmills are WITHIN
half mile OF the front, and to
the accompaniment Of the noise
of battle the whine of saws cut
ting trees for roads echoes through
the forests. The work is organlz-
ed so smoothly, one dispatch SAID,
that i'll some cases trucks BRING
ammunition to an infantry unit
few hours after it has taken up
new positions in the heart OF
swamp.
With this kind of support, the
Red army can advance despite the
weather.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-12-06

Just the beginning of long, hard,
bloody road to TolSyo. :. This Pa
cific war is Il hard, bitter one"
He struck the keynot-not dis
couraging but harshly realistic
for Pearl Harbor's second ami
VerSary.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-12-06
TEN ARE SHOT

FERN, Switzerland, Dec. 5.-tB
NV. a%lsS Telegraphic Agency dis
n tbat from Chiasso said today
daa do. ~ persons had been shot to
tr; p.n by order Of a special fascist
t.l in retaliation for the ia.
poa shooting of Lieut.. Col. Gino
F lasgl' fascist military chief of the
florence district.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-12-06

fir Inc distress signal IS O 81 was
49, w. ADOPTED officially for interna-
AAal radio use in 1905
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Total 4adio production in this
country is valued at $25o,ooo, 900
a month
Evening star., 1943-01-23

resisted price increases despite rising
costs, Mr.. Brown is resigned to such
increases as higher costs-especially
in wages and farm prices-may make
necessary. The latter seems to be
the more reasonable attitude, but it
is also dangerous.
Mr.. Brown inherits the same han
dicapS which plagued his predeces-
sor, chief of which are the denial to
the price administrator of any con-
troll over wages and the granting of
only a remote control over agricul-
tural commodities These essential
powers are lodged in other agencies
the War Labor Board and the Secre-
tary of Agriculture-andt the extent
to which they may prove amenable
to demands for higher wages and
higher farm prices is unpredictable.
Thus, while Mr.. Brown is right in
acknowledging that there must be a
SLOW and orderly" rise in prices, he
has every reason to be apprehensive
lest this process, once set in motion.
should prove incapable of control
with the limited powers which he
inherits
Evening star., 1943-01-23
hiqher Costs Ahead

Leon HenderSon'S final report as
price administrator and some of the
views of his successor, former Sena-
tor PrentiSS M. Brown, have been
made available for public examina-
ton. They do not provide a fair
basis for any extensive comparisons,
but give some insight into the phil
OSOphies of the two men as they
relate to the cost of living program.
Mr.. HendersonS report essentially
was a defense of his efforts. If any
thing, he implied a certain regret
that the program had not been more
drastic in the past and stated bluntly
that greater restrictions would have
to be imposed in the future. In what
might be construed as warning to
his successor and to Congress, he
said There must be firmnesS and
toughness in the control of prices
and incomes"
Mr.. Brown took a somewhat differ
ent view in his first press conference
after being sworn in as the new chief
Of OPA. Living costs, he said, could
not be expected to stand at fiat levels
because price advances were inevita-
bic due to higher wages and in
creased production costs, A slow and
orderly rise in prices, he said, is to
be anticipated.
Thus, where Mr.. Henderson had
Evening star., 1943-01-23
THIS AND THAT
By Charles E. Trdce,0eH.

A friend was telling us the other day
about the hot reception his family gave
some carpenter bees-and the equally
hot reception the bees gave them.
1t seems that these people had sawed
| some nice two-foot lengths of fireplace
wood about six months before.
The wood had been down in the base
ment for that length of time.
Upon cutting, the sawyer had noticed
that there was neat hole through the
section, but had paid no particular at
tention to 1t.
Now the scene changes.
Picture the living room on a cold
winter day.
Rationing has reduced the normal
heat, so the fireplace is being used more
than usual.
A very familiar scene, nowadays.
In comes an armful of wood
On the fire goes the section with the
neat hole drilled through it.
The log catches, and smokes, and
bursts into flame
y
Suddenly, awakened out Of their long
sleep, half dozen carpenter bees buzz
out of the fireplace.
Like the phoenix OF old, out come
the awaked ones.
Buzz! Buzz!
Before the astonished people know
what is happening, the angry bees have
stung them good
One got two stings on the back of
the neck, and another three stings on
the face.
Still another suffered from several
stings on the arm.
Just what happened to the bees. we
were never quite able to gather from
the excited narrator.
Their fate probably was sealed by
nature. Indoors, they didn't have much
of chance; outdoors, certainly none on
such cold day.
fortunately few householders will
meet with such reception from a silent
and innocent looking log.
The most that one may expect from
the fireplace are sparks, crackles and
small explosions.
The latter are caused by pockets of
gas left in the fiber.
They constitute one of the joys of
the open fire, but it is ALWAYS good
policy to have a screen.
Often these small explosions throw
burning bits for many feet.
The usual sort of screen catches
most OF them. The only way to catch
them surely is to install one of the
types of screens which covers the entire
hearth opening.
X
WeH-seasoned wood does not REQUIRE
the application of any sort of powders
to give ''driftwood" effect.
All sorts of glows and colors appear
Evening star., 1943-01-23
Advises Applicants for Rooms
To Advertise Their Desirability.
To the Editor OF The Stsi

Residents of Washington are being
exhorted to open their homes to the
throngs Of Government workers coming
to our city from all parts of the coun-
try and from all classes of society, and
are being called unpatriotic if they
hesitate to do SO.
Of course, we know that among these
strangers are some very fine people
whom we would be glad to receive. But
experiences like those recently reported
by rooming house proprietor concern
ing damage done her property by Gig
arctic smokers, especially women, and
the difficulty of getting rid of such un-
desirables, make homeoWners hesitate
to take in strangers. During the past
few months at least four disastrous fires
we're caused by cigarette smokers, three
of whom were burned to death in their
rooms. In fact, nearly all recent fires
reported in homes or apartments in our
city have been caused in this way
Should any one be blamed for wishing
to avoid the danger of such terrible
experiences?
If non-drinking, nom smoking persons
especially women, who find it most diff
ficult to secure desirable quarters) would
state these facts when advertising for
rooms or apartments and offer refer
ences, they would be much more likely
to find what they want.
A HOMEOWNER.
Evening star., 1943-01-23
Whitney Gallery

The private gallery Of American
art established by the late Mrs. Ger
trude Vanderbilt Whitney, sculptor
and philanthropiSt, will be absorbed
by the Metropolitan Museum, New
York. An announcement Of the
coalition" reports that plans are
being prepared for the construction
of a special annex to the existing
building at Fifth avenue and Eighty
second street to shelter the collection
now at 10 West Eighth street on the
edge of Greenwich Village. Mean
while. many of the pictures are to
be stored and the remOdeled resi-
dence in which they have been eX-
hibited will be emptied and closed.
Visitors who knew the place during
Mrs. Whitney's lifetime will regret
to learn that her enterprise is to
cease to be an independent center,
but the works which she gathered
undoubtedly will be safer and more
conveniently shown in the wing Of
the Metropolitan which is to be pro-
vided for them. Her interest favored
the efforts Of living artists, and the
funds which she left as an endow-
ment of her gallery viii be employed
for the purchase of canvaseS Of cur
rent vintage The modernists-in-
cluding some admittedly extreme
radicals S"-arc in no danger of Suf-
fering by the change. 1t is an axiom
that they already have "captured" h"
the last defenseS of cIaSsicism.
Mrs Whitney chose to help them
in their campaign and her support
has not terminated because Of her
death. The trustees who are in
charge Of her pictures are pledged to
be faithful TO the doctrine Of esthetic
progress which she summarized in
Evening star., 1943-01-23
Comments on Reports
Of British Criticism of Eisenhower.

To the Editor of The Star:
Is not David Lawrence In his recent
article, Eisenhower Attack Out in
Open making mountain out Of mole
hill?
The views of the newspaper he
quotes-The News Chronicle-represent
those of the smallest political party
in England-the Liberals of the Left
and it is perhaps sixth or seventh In
circulation of the dailies.
1t may be said here by the way. that
contrary to common opinion in other
countries, there is no official government
newspaper in England, nor is there any
daily paper owned by political party.
The Daily Herald is owned by the
trade unions, but produced and man.
aged by capitalist organization. The
other dailies are independent.
Mr.. Lawrence appears to think that
criticism of Gen. Eisenhower is nation
wide but is able to quote only one paper
In country where newspapers have
larger circulations than they do in Amer
lea, and for the size of the country, are
more numerous, the views of one news
paper are no great matter
And what would Mr. Lawrence do
about it? Does he believe so little in
free speech as to suggest that the gov
ernment of democracy step in and
attempt to change the views of a news
paper or suppress it?
Does Mr.. Lawrence sincerely think
that his description of this criticism as
"sniping," attacking" effort to dis
credit effort to undermine the pres
tige" of Gen. Eisenhower. a fair and
precise one? Why should he imagine
it as "an attempt to have British COM
mander appointed in the place of Gen.
Eisenhower" British generals for over
three years have fought against odds and
in exhausting conditions on dozen
fronts. Is it not much more likely that
some of them would be only too happy
to hand over their commands to generals
of other of the United Nations?
Perhaps you will allow one who for
some years has regularly read large
papers to say that the characteristic
attitude of the British press towards
America throughout has been of the
friendliest possible nature. 1t is almost
impossible to take up q British news
paper without coming on some express
sion of appreciation of Americas war
effort or sympathetic notices of her pub