davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-28
TAX
BOOST APPROVED
All Proposals On Normal
And Surtax Rates
Rejected

WASHINGTON, Oct. 27.-tR-A
boost in the wartime corporation
excess profits tax, from 80 to 95
per cent, was approved today by
the House Ways and Means COM
mittee, but the tax-framing body
rejected 16 to 8 all proposals to
increase corporation normal and
surtax rates.
Chairman Doughton ON. c.
estimated that the higher excess
profits rate, with certain adjust
ments in credits, would yield $616,
100000 annually.
Thus the committee has found
only about $4,000, 100000 against
the Administrations request r
$40, 500, 900, 900 in additional reve-
nue..
The Treasury had recommended
that 81, 100,OOO,O0O be raised by in
creasing the corporation normal
and surtax rate from 40 per cent
to so. Today's action completed
the item-by-item scrapping of the
Administration program.
Doughton said the tax-initiating
body probably would vote on sales
tax proposals tomorrow. Repre-
sentative Robertson Cd. Va.),
who has proposed 10 per cent
sales levy, said he was uncertain
of the outcome. Some other COM
mitteemen specialized that the pro-
posal had a good chance, but Rep
resentative Dingell D.-Mich.) said
it wouldn't pass las long as there's
breath in my body"
The committee today voted to:
l. Reduce the invested capital
credits for computation of excess
profits The credit for the first
S., 900, 900 was left unchanged at
8 per cent, but from $5,000,00O to
$1O,000,00O the percentage was re-
duced from 7 to 6; $10,000,000 to
5000, 600, 900, from to 5, and over
5000, 100000, from to 4.
2. Keep the corporation overall
tax limit at 80 per cent Of net
earnings.
8. Raise the specific exemption
Continued on Page Eight; Col. A.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-28
5000 NAILS DIE
Russians Sieze More Than
12O Towns And VIII
| lagos In Push
LARGE GAINS NOTED
Soviet Army Drives To
Noyo- AIexandrovka
Near Lower Dnieper

LONDON, Thursday, Oct.
28 - (P) - Russian army
forces chased a retreating
German army in the south
ern Ukraine yesterday
through towns 48 miles west
of Melitopol and q miles
west of Dnepropetrovsk as
they killed 5000 Germans
and captured guns and stores
along a 150-nile front, Mos
COW said today.
The fighting - termed by
Berlin a ""super-battle'-saw
the Russians capture a total
of more than 120 towns and
villages as they surged be-
hind the Germans from Core
loe on the Sea of Azov to
Krinichki, west of Dnepro-
petrovsk in the Dnleper rlv-
er bend.
Goerloe is on a tip of land
jutting out into the Sea of
Azov 20 miles from a narrow
isthmus joining the Crimea
with the mainland.
Other gains on the flat
steppe land, which the Ger
mans found difficult to de-
fend, brought the Russians
west from ruined Melitopol
to Novo-Alexandrovka which
is but 80 miles from the lower
Dnieper.
Railroad Is Cleared
The 70-mile railroad from Zapo-
rozhe south to Melitopol was clear
ed of Germans and the advance
went IA miles further south to
take in Akimovka, said the Mos
cow midnight communicate, re-
Continued on Page Two; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-28

Jaws of the Red army wise are
closing in from north and south
on an unknown number OF Nazl
divisions caught in the Dnieper
bend in Russia.
To the north, at the apex OF the
Kremenchug bulge, the vital krl-
vol Rog junction is invested II 1t
has not already fallen to sever
the last direct communication link
for invaders still east OF the Krivoi
Rog-Nikopol railroad. South OF the
lower curve of the river, another
Russian column, swarming through
the Melitopol break. also is aim
ing at Nikopol. It has reached or
passed Veseloye, some 40 miles
cross-country from Nikopol.
A Russian junction would seal
off the whole eastern bulge OF the
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-28

mittee told the miners they should
90 back to work until October 81
unless the government, meantime,
returned control of the mines to
private operators. Except for the
relatively small percentage OF men
now on strike, however, the return
Of the mines to private owners
October 10 was without incident
and there is a question whether
the October 81 deadline now mas
any significance.
A survey showed the following
strike situation: Alabama $4,000
men out, Illinois 5000, West Vir-
einia 1854, Virginia $500, Ken
lucky 1885, Indiana 5000, Ten
nessee 600. Arkansas 400.
During the day, three public
members of the WLB in special
concurring opinion on last nights
decision asserted that the way
to a solution of the nations coal
POLLEN is clearly discernible" IN
the boards suggested substitute
for the Illinois soft coal wage
agreement.
1.-THE WLB suggests to the par
ties in this case," they said, IAN
approach whereby the wages OF
miners on basic rates can be IN
creased by $40 per week as long
as they work for As IL hours
week instead of AZ hours at the
face (production time). This would
solve the portal to portal issue
consonant with the fair labor
standards act. It would provide
the country with the coal it must
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-28

calling the United Mine Workers
policy committee to meet Monday.
The UNIV chieftain let the day
pass without any open new move
to get the strikers back to work
despite the WLB's warning that
unless they return by tomorrow
morning their cases will be re-
ferred to the White House, move
possibly preliminary to govern
ment seizure Of idle mines and
sanctions against the union.
The UNIV policy committee pre-
sumably was called to discuss the
WLB's action in rejecting t
night a proposed contract between
the UNIV and the Illinois operators
which would have increased min
ers' earnings $3.50 a day while in
creasing their working hours and
paying for underground travel. The
WLB proposed instead a basis OF
wage calculations which would
boost earnings a minimum OF $l.l2
IL a day.
Lewis call simply said:
international policy committee
will assemble headquarters Wash
ington eleven am. November i.
Each district will notify its par
t;cipating representatives to be
present.
Possibly significant is the fact
that the day of the meeting IS
just past the deadline set by the
policy committe last June for
stoppage of work unless there is
contract.
Ending a June strike, the COM
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-28
Wilmingtonians Observe
Navy Day With Fervor

With the American Nays warships and fighting men
gno the seven seas in search of the enemy, Wilmington
observed Navy Day, 1943, with day-long program Of
music, speeches and service gatherings
Lieut. Vance B. Smith, USNR, Of Elizabeth City, the
pncpa speaker of the day. called the people of Will
mingon in radio address Wednesday night to give every
thing necessary to the victory that must belong to
Americas fighting On the 168th birthday of the Unit
ed States Navy Lieut. Smith also traced its history for
Wlmingtonians. @~~---
The naval officer, native of Bloomington, ILL.,, out
lined the development of modern Navy from it's ncep
o which about 1880 when the first allsteel ships
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-28
KIWANIANS GIVE
CHEST DONATION
Contribution of 500 Be-
ieved First To Forth
coming Drive

Following its precedent Of last
wear. the .Kiwanis club board OF
directors on Wednesday approprl-
ated 500 as the clubs contribution
TO the Community Chest and War
Fund campaign. AS far as known,
this is the first subscription to the
forthcoming solicitation.
In observance of Navy day,
the club entertained Commander
George T. Campbell, of the South
port naval station; Lieut.. Vance
O. Smith of Elizabeth City, and
Commander Campbells a i d e,
Lieut.. G.g.) P. J. Demopolis. Lieu
tenant Smith delivered the address
of the day, tracing the develop
ment of the Navy during the pres
ent war period, and cautioning his
hearers against over optimism.
Remarkable as the Nays sue
cesses have been it would be folly
to think the ultimate victory at
hand, he declared.
Commander Campbell, who mas
been much in the public mind
since it was announced on Sunday
that he ''has way" of getting
the men in his command to attend
their own church regularly, left
one message which well deserves
adoption by all individuals. In MS
40 years by all individuals. In his
has discovered that the first "a
hours of every day belongs to his
service.
Other guests were Richard Rog-
ers, president of the Rotary club,
and George Gore, prominent in
Junior Chamber of Commerce &C
Invites.
In the absence of the president,
c. David Jones, Vice President
Robert r. Romeo presided.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-28
TAYLOR TO HEAD
INDUSTRIAL UNIT
Nearly 100 Local Business
es Will Be Asked To
Help Chest

Walker Taylor has been named
as division chairman of the In
dustrial Division of the Commune
ty War Chest campaign schedul-
ed to open in Wilmington and New
Hanover county on November 8.
The announcement was made by
N. E. Drexler, general chairman
of the drive.
Firms to be included in the In
dustrial Division will operate I'M
der the unit" plan with each
firm conducting its own cam
paign. Nearly 100 industrial and
wholesale firms employing eight
or more individuals will be invit-
ed to participate in this division
of the War Chest campaign.
Mr.. Taylor is selecting the mem
bers of his committee and they
plan to meet early next week to
develop preliminary plans for the
actual solicitation of the firms
executives and employees in this
division. With a goal of $145, 1893. IL
as the objective for this years
"all-out" Community War Chest
drive, a complete solicitation of
all employees in Wilmington will
be necessary to insure success.
eve have large quota to reach
this year." Mr.. Taylor said,
(which is far above our goal of
year ago. Yet the 1912 quota
was met in the spirit in which
all community and national drives
are met in Wilmington and New
Hanover county-the spirit to meet
and go beyond the goal. The same
energy and cooperation applied
to this all important war fund
drive will bring the same result.
The greater the task, the greater
should be the effort and the great
err the thrill in succeeding
There is no question about the
CONTINUED on Page Two; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-28
5000 WAR HOMES
OCCUPIED in AREA
Low Rent And Other Prof.
ects Are Included In
Record Total

Total occupancy in developments
of the Housing Authority Of the
City of Wilmington has passed the
5000 mark for the first time, it
was learned Wednesday from H.
R. Emory, executive director OF
the organization. The total includes
the low-rent housing areas as well
as the war-housing projects includ-
ing the trailer camp.
It was also announced that the
last of the units under construc-
ton in Maffitt Village are expected
to be completed sometime n t
week and ready for occupancy.
This will raise to a total Of 6,029
the number Of units under the
HACOW, but the number will be
reduced by 100 this week when
that many trailers are moved by
the FILA to another shipbuilding
community, Brunswick, Ga.
Since trailers were first put IN
at the local camp in the summer
of 1941 as a stop-gap measure it
has been planned to eventually
eliminate them when more per-
manent housing facilities became
available. When the 100 trallers
have been moved from here only
400 will remain and they too may
be eventually transferred to other
areas.
when the new units in Maffitt
Village are completed the t o l
housing capacity units OF the
HACOW including all types will
be 1929. There are approximately
900 units for which the organiza-
ton handles about Is applications
daily.
The A and P stores have leased
space in the commercial unit at
Lake Forest and will open retail
grocery store. The date OF open
ing has not been set pending the
arrival of fixtures and equipment.
Reid Brothers opened a grocery
store in the commercial section OF
Maffitt Village, Tuesday, and a
1x:~o5 nv, Do oo EiUht: Col 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-28
Dim-Out Regulations
To Be Abolished For
America November l

WASHINGTON, Oct. 27.-tR
-Dim-out regulations restrict
ing night lighting in Atlantlc'
Gulf and Pacific Coast areas
will be abolished November l.
A Joint announcement OF the
War and Navy Departments,
the War Production Board ana
the Office of Civilian Defense
today said the successful CAM
paign against enemy subma-
rines had made the dim-out I'M
necessary.
The lights were lowered ori-
FINALLY because the glow from
coastal cities silhouetted ships
and set up perfect targets for
night-ranging U-boats.
The joint announcement urg-
ed that the dim-out be succeed
ed by a "brown-out." The
"brown -out" was defined as a
voluntary semi-dim-out to con-
serve fuel needed to generate
electric power.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-28
Kirke Simpson Says
Jaws OF Russian Army Wise Closing
On Manv NaZi Divisions In Dnieper

and utterly inadequate roads.
Russian reports stress the enor-
nous take of advancing Red ar
mics in German guns, tanks, mu-
nitions and supplies Of all kinds
abandoned in the flight. Gloom
filled press accounts from Berlin
have discarded the detachment
operation" explanation to admit
dangerous retreat in Russia. By
every indication the most crushing
military blow of the war is being
dealt the once "invible' Nazi
armies.
Nor is that all the Nazi grief
in southeastern Russia. Below the
Dnieper and no less potentially
trapped are other Nazi divisions
seeking to wriggle their way down
Continued on Page Two; Col u
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-28
Walter Lppman Says:
Ex-Governor Landon Should Read
Newsnaners Before Making Speeches

.rd America are proposing an
a11;.rce which excludes Russia,
Gh;aa France. our Latin-Ameri-
~. ne;ohbors. and our other
E T,,ropean allies, he is making a
charge cha which, if it were believed
sbro sd would break up the United tied
Nations Nations and plunge the world into
anarchy.
Vet all the world cannot be ex.
o ae. 81 to know that Governor
Pe sndon has not read the newspa-
n nsrH or tall talked with anybody who
know knows be 5nv a the British and our,
sslvesnft Canada s to Australia and
M snrUuz zea1and-are those of a close
fcontinued on Page Eight; COL D
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-28

Dnieper bend and settle the fate
of all Nazi troops caught within it.
That appears to be the immedi-
ate tactical objective Of Russian
maneuvers. Either drive could cut
the last road or rail outlet from
the tip of n e Dnieper plateau
around which the river flows.
The segment of that plateau
gripped in the closing Russian wise
is huge. 1t is 1875 miles or more,
air line, from Kremenchug to Nj
kopol, and 100 miles from the east
ern river boundary between Dnep-
ropetrovsk and zaporozhe to Kri-
vol Rog. That means that the
Germans are in a flight which
Moscow describes as a disorderly
rout from 1880 square m l S.
They have no railroads and few
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-28

bridges blown up, two near Cha
chinci and two near Zdenci. But
they admitted their troops had
been forced to withdraw from
Andriyevica in Montenegro after
hard fighting with German troops
aided by Albanian Quislings.
In Cairo, the information office
of the Yugoslav governnlent-in-
exile declared many thousands of
non-combatant men, women, and
children as well as captured SOL
diers had been killed by the Ger
mans throughout Serbia, Hercego-
VIVA, Montenegro, and Bosnia for
their allegiance to Mihailovic.
1t listed "a separate instances OF
villages burned to the ground or
destroyed by dive-bombers, Of viii
layers burned alive or shot or
sent to concentration camps in a
rein of terror intended to "discip-
line" the population.
Thirty villagers OF Boukavac
were burned alive, this report said.
The Montenegrin town of Shank
completely destroyed, two entire
Continued on Page Two; Col. y
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-28

public speech that 1.-The Admins
ration has "approved" and pro
posed d an exclusive alliance. When
and and by whom was an exclusive
alliance proposed? The answer .e - is $
that nobody who matters, not tn, the
president, the Prime Minister, Mr..
Eden, Mr.. Hull, Mr.. welles, Mr..
Connally, has approved or pro
posed an exclusive British merl-
can alliance. If Governor Landon
does not know that, it is because
he hasn't taken the trouble to 1ead
the newspapers, much less to IN
vestigate the subject, before max
ing his inflammable speech.
For it is an inflammable speech.
When a man who has been can,
didate for President of the United
States tells the world that Britain
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-28

The speech which former Gov
efnor Landon delivered last week
contains the following statement:
Inc only foreign policy the Ad-
mlnlstration has approved, n d
mat by indirection, is the old dis
credited theory of balance of
power alliance. Alliances tend to
separate the nations of the world
T "a than to pull them together.
especially is this true of the pro-
POSED exclusive alliance. I SUBJ
mt that the proposed British
Amerlcan alliance is joint isolation
once Governor Landon is sup
w. poseo to be responsible man,
h we nave right to ask him who
As proposed an exclusive British
-eilean alliance. He says in a
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-28

The National War
Fund, whose campaign in
Wilmington and New
Hanover county will be
included in the w ar
Chest, limits its members
to II major agencies es-
pecially established to
meet national war fund
and emergencies. These
II agencies represent 100
or more separate agen-
cies.
The Community War
Chest Campaign opens in
Wilmington and N ew
Hanover county during
the week of November 8.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-28
FOE w zING
Last German Nearguards
Now In Mondragone-
Vesto Line
TWO TOWNS CAPTURED
Eighth Army Takes Civita
Campomarano And
Acquaviva Collecroce

A LII E D HEADQUAR-
TIERS, Algiers, Oct. 27-(B
The Allied armies in Italy
recorded relatively minor
gains today as the last Ger
man rear guards were with
drawn into the Mondragone-
Vasto mountain line, en-
trenched certainly for a
strong defense of the ap-
proaches to Rome and per-
haps based to mount a spec
tacular counteroffensive.
The British Eighth Army
advanced from three to six
miles and occupied the towns
of Civita Compomarano and
Acquaviva Collecroce, both
about seven miles below the
Trigno river a score of miles
inland from the Adriatic; the
American Fifth Army on it's
front occupied two stretches
of high ground facing Massi-
co ridge, one in the Franco
lise area and the other, known
as mad dog HILL" near Ra-
viscanina.
Difficult Job Ahead
The Allies faced difficult job
as they pulled up before the Ger
mans new line. and, regardless OF
the plans of Hitler's general staff,
one fact stood out in bold relief:
the Allies can hardly hope for any,
thing approaching decisive vic
tory over the Nazis in Italy before
the snow falls in the Apennines.
Since the fall of Naples October
the attacks on the road to Rome
have made an average gain of a
mile per day, and the going will
not be any easier in the remaining
IS airline miles.
On the basis of the best infor-
nation here, the Nazis have been
using roughly 100000 troops in the
line, and official sources reported
that possibly 20 German divisions
(perhaps 100000 mem were in
Italy at the time of her capitula-
ton.
Thus regardless of whatever re-
Inducements are subsequently sent
from Germany or France, Marshal
Ronmel would appear to h We
forces not only adequate to man
the strong mountain defense lne'
hut even to attain sufficient su-
periority for substantially heavy
counterblows at selected points.
Certainly the establishment OF
the new German defense line does
not necessarily mean that the Ger
man plan is simply to try to hold
f. A terrific counteroffensive is
possible, and in the opinion OF some
Allied leaders there are many rea-
sons why the Nazis may make a
h;e gamble on such a. move.
These include Hitler's pressing
<1x..a m, pa 90 Eight: Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-28

were ordered, to the mighty sea
power that it is today.
Five years ago, Navy Day was
still an occasion upon which flags
flew in sea-coast cities, and pri-
vate citizens residing in ports
took little Johnny out for a look
at the battleships in the bay. Pearl
Harbor was a romantic sounding
name that the majority of Am
orleans had never heard, let alone
Attu, Kiska. or Guadalcanal. Afri-
ca was a vague continent that
had pyramids, and was usually
thought of as vast waste of arid
sand and burning sum-" he re-
called.
Continued on Page Two; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-28

WASHINGTON, Oct. 81 R -
The outlook for peace in the coal
industry became increasingly un.
csrtain today as the number OF
,r;1dcat strikers climbed above 49,
con and John L. Lewis kept silent
Nv The War Labor Boards pro-
nosed wage compromise VIII lie
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-28

FORECAST:
NORTH CAROLINA: Continued rather
cool
Eastern Standard Time)
by L. S. Weather Rureaue
Meteorological data for the "a hours
ending 1880 p. m. yesterday.
Temperature
1:3O a. NJ, -, 1880 a. M, 50. 80
?. NJ, 81, 7:3O p. M, SO. Maximum 65.
Minimum 81, Mean SO, Normal 81.
HUMIDITY
1870 M, -, 80 a. M, SO, l 80
p NJ, SO, 80 p. NJ, 88.
Precipitation
Total for the "a hours ending 1880
p. H., Dol inches.
Total since the first of the month,
e0l inches
Tides For Today
Sunrise, 6:28 M, Sunset, SPA p. M,
Moonrise, $50 a., Moonset, 5:35 p.
Cape Fear River stage at Fayetteville
on Wednesday, at 8 a. m, $50 feet.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-28
Wildcat Mine Strikes Steadily Increasing

have. There would be, moreover,
no violation of the wage stabiliza-
ton program.
Wayne L. Morse and DR.. George
W. Taylor are the authors of the
opinion and DR.. Frank P. Graham
concurred in it.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-28
WEATHER

FORECAST:
NORTH CAROLINA: Continued rather
The Apache sentinel., 1943-10-08
mp Detachment Mourns The
Loss Of Sgt. Marcus Harris
A TRIBUTE
BY S/SGT. RICHARD KING

The strength Of the Military Po-
lice Detachment, Service Command
Unit 1922, Ft. Huachuca, Arizona,
Marcus Harris, Jr., who departed
this life at IL PM, October l, 1943.
His loss is felt deeply by the entire
command and to his bereaved FAM
lily goes the sympathy of the officers
and enlisted personnel of Fort Hua-
chuca.
AS he lived and worked, he gave
his life in a manner typical Of his
character, protecting the innocent
and bringing justice to offenders OF
the law. The memory of the ideals
he held aloft at all times will keep.
him alive in the hearts and minds
of his comrades. A soldier and
gentleman toward soldiers and civil
ians alike, he leaves the Service
Command Unit without one of its
most promising soldiers.
Army Career
His death brought to a conclusion
an Army career that was short but
colorful. Arriving at Huachuca on
ADI1l II, 1919, IlC SOO11 SIdSpCo O1lC
routine of the Army private and was
promoted to the grade of corporal.
Serving faithfully, he was again pro-
NOTED to Sergeant.
He was one of the first members
of this organization and one of the
original members of the Motorcycle
Squad. Doing patrol duty, escorting
conveys, and assisting the officers
and men of this Command, he
worked ceaselessly, sometimes sac
rificing meals and sleep, to bring
about better relationships between
the soldiers of the Fort and the ci-
villains of neighboring communities. q.
Sgt. Harris was a soldier of the
type of which we are justly proud.
Although he has passed, let us not
grieve his loss too strongly, as he
was valuable asset to the Post.
May all who knew him, as well as
those who did not, try to- mold their
careers in the army after him and
be soldiers in the defense of this
country, to make it safer for democ-
racy and constant threat to those
powers that may seek to destroy it.
DON'T DELAY-INsURE TODAY