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The Wilmington morning star., 1943-02-20
FDR'S Salary Limit
Plan Is Rejected By
Committee In House

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19-(P
The House Ways and Means
committee made its rejection
of President Roosevelt's salary
ceiling program official today
-"definitely and very loudly"
according to Rep. Disney (D-
Okla.
It adopted Disney's plan to
repeal the presidents order
limiting salaries to SIS, 200 after
taxes and peg them instead At
their pre-war levels by the
same Is to 10 vote with which
it approved Disney's move ORR
ginally last Saturday before
Mr.. Roosevelt's counter-pro-
posal was received. Reconsid-
Grafton was necessitated today
by a parliamentary technicali-
ty.
Mr.. Roosevelt had offered to
rescind his limitation on sal
aries II Congress would ap-
prove \ super-tax designed to
limit all individual income to
SIS. 900 net for single persons
and $50, 900 for married cou-
pies.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-02-20
Physician Declares
'Only Miracle Can
Save Gandhi Now

POONA, India, Feb. 1S-(P
-Mohandas X. Gandhi grew
steadily weaker today near the
halfway mark in his fast
against detention in the palace
of the Aga Khan and an attend
ing physician declared it would
s'be a miracle" If the Indian
leader survived the 21.day or.
deal.
The large staff Of doctors
anxiously consulting over the
73-year-old Gandhi agreed that
he was "weak-weaker than
yesterday"
As Gandhi completed his
tenth day on citrus juices and
water, his doctors issued q
statement asking his friends
not to see him.
eyes, it will be a miracle if
Gandhi survives the three
weeks fast at his age" said
DIR. B. C. Roy, one Of midas
best known physicians, when
he emerged from the palace
late this afternoon after spend
ing several hours with Gandhi.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-02-20
Extension Bill
lis Introduced
! p.,,.,entative Kermon Of
fer, Limits Proposal
To Lower House
|puLES SUSPENSION
Public Hearings May Be
Held Before Measure
Is Acted Upon

A bill providing for :. zones L,
extension of the city lmltS
Of Wilmington was lntroduc. l1
ID ID in the lower house OF the |.
General assembly shortly al
tor noon on Friday by Repre-
sentative R. M. Kermon.
'' Referred to Committee
The bill was referred to the coun.
ties, cities and towns comnlttee OIL
Wv .ls house where it is probable that
nuhlic hearings will be held before
.ho hill is acted on by the member
snip Of the committee.
' Dan Kermon indicated Friday
.fternoon that the extension bill,
nhicb now stands as it was drafted
~, the city as far as the new limits
ara concerned with the representa-
+;vo's addition providing for a divi-
s;on of the new territory into zones,
.,as certain to be amended before
leaving committee.
I'm tired of waiting for an
sp,eement on the BILL" the repre-
tentative commented after the bills
&introduction.
EITHER they want it or either
they don't want it.
The bill is scheduled to come up
for committee consideration early
next week.
Essentially, the zoning provisions
world allot the new territory into
three divisions with the city as it
| is now constituted as Zone /.
The bill provides that neither of
the three other zones will be re-
sponsible for any present bond Is.
sues or indebtednesses of the city
as it is now defined nor will the
city be responsible for any indebt.
edness or obligation of any of the
three zones.
Under the bill, the proposal will
b. submitted to a vote of both the
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The Wilmington morning star., 1943-02-20

Representatives Of communities
served by the Tide Water Power
company met Friday afternoon at
Wallace to discuss the proposed
legislation which, if introduced in
the Legislature, would permit the
CITY of Wilmington to act on plans
to purchase the power firm.
The group discussed the propos-
al and agreed to give the measure,
in it's present state, full consid-
GRAFTON at once.
It was reported Friday night
that the group conferred on the
proposals after the Wilmington
delegation left Wallace and that
it was unanimously agreed that
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-02-20
DRHedges UtmostSpeed
7oMakeChinaAW WarBase
President Says Everyone In Capital Wants
10 Make Nation Place of Operation
Against Japanese

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19.-(R -
With Madame Chang Kai-shek bv
his side, President Roosevelt sol.
emnly declared today that everyone
in Washington is pledged to the ut.
most speed in making China a great
base of operations against the jap.
anese.
AS to when this might be accom-.
plished, Mr.. Roosevelt said as
quickly as the Lord will let us-and
the smiling, quick-witted little first
lady of China appended the obser.
walton that the Lord helps those
who help themselves.
Those remarks were the high spot
of what was in some respects pos
sibly the most remarkable press
conference ever held at the White
House: a joint reception Of news.
paper reporters by the President,
Mrs. Roosevelt and their distin.
guished guest, the wife Of the Chi.
nese generalissimo.
1t took on the atmosphere OF
what the Methodist denomination
which had hand in Madame Chi.
ang's Christian education, calls q
love feast" Everybody was com.
plimenting everybody else, and the
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-02-20
Chinese Hold
Enemy Drive
: ; All Areas
OF Enemy
! d er Slowed Or
81 ~ Reversed
s NY BATTLES RAGE
Bloody Engagements Still
Underway As Foe Tries
Compression
By The Associated Press)

CHUNGKING, Feb. 10 =
A Chinese high command
communique said today that
all the japanese Idrives in
central, southern and south
western China had been slow.
ed down or thrown into re-
verse, although costly fight.
ing continued in some areas
Bloody battles were being
fought in northern Kiangsu
province, north of Shanghai,
as the Japanese tried to COM
press a 45-mile semi-circular
line running through the lake
country from Paoying to
Fowning near the sea. The
Chinese said all the Japanese
thrusts had been halted.
Fighting Getting Intense
The fighting in western Yunnan,
where the Japanese were trying
to extend their grip along the Bur
ma road and were moving in sew
eral columns west of the Salweer
river, also was growing more in
tense. But one column whi cI
moved up to the Salween withdrew
after an artillery exchange acros.
the stream, and there was n,
change in positions north of Ter
gyueh, also on the west side o
the river.
In Hupeh province in centrs
China, where the Japanese weI'
attempting new expeditions frolr
their Ichang and Shasi bases C.,
the Yangtze, the Chinese said thu
were in pursuit Of one colum aft !,
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The Wilmington morning star., 1943-02-20
REVIEW PLANNED
FOR GEN. SMITH
Camp Davis To Honor Re-
tiring Commander With
Fete Today

CAMP DAVIS, Feb. 19.-One Of
the most cclorful reviews ever held
on this post will begin at $50 am.
Saturday when units representing
the Antiaircraft Artillery Training
Center, the Antiaircraft School,
post troops and the Camp Davis
Air Base gather to bid farewell
to Major General Frederic H.
Smith, their commanding general
since August 1941.
General Smith, who will have
completed nearly 43 years Of ac-
tive service, will retire on May
81, his sixty-fourth birthday.
General Smith, who m e to
Camp Davis from Birmingham,
Ala, where he was stationed as
commanding general Of the Sew
enth Army Corps, has had color.
full military career in many parts
of the Wcrld.
Graduating from the u nite d
States Military Academy at West
Point in 1908, he has served with
the Coast Artillery Corps during
the greater part Of his career.
During World War I, he served
with the 306th Field Artillery, 77th
Division in France, and was com.
mander of this unit during the
latter stages Of the war. General
Smith was awarded the Order Of
the Purple Heart for his services
with this division during the Disc
Aisne and Meuse Argonne often.
sive.
General Smith has also served
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The Wilmington morning star., 1943-02-20

as a heavy one IN which four
bonbers were lost. The Ger.
mans conceded casualties
were suffered particularly
in the surrounding localities
and claimed nine planes were
downed.
Fast, cannon-carrying fighters
and fighter-bombers, including the
new Typhoons, Beaufighters ane
WhirlWinds, were among the strong
intruder squadrons that bombed
railways and shipping in the Dun
kerque area and hit a convoy be
tween Calais and Cap Girls Nez
where results were difficult to OBJ
serve.
Coastal command planes pilotet
by a Dutch naval squadron at
tackled a convoy off HOLLAND
through intense anti-aircraft fire
scoring a hit on the stern of one
ship which was left afire and hittin!
another amidships.
In addition to the four bomber!
lost in raiding Whilhelmshaven
two fighters and a coastal com
mand plane failed to return.
Two-ton bombs and incendiary
showers laid "a carpet of fire.
all over the docks of Wilhemshav
en-, in the words of one return
ing pilot, and many industrial
buildings were left in flames.
The moonlight was so brigh
that the beams of ack-ack search
lights were all but invisible.
Elsewhere was ideal weather fol
night fighter engagements ant
many encounters were reported
with at least one enemy fighter
destroyed.
The Air Ministry said Venturs
bombers, with a fighter escort
attacked the docks at Den Helde1
in Holland this afternoon and start
ed large fires. One of the fighter
planes failed to return.
Slight enemy activity over tht
west coast of England this aft
ernoon was reported in a com
munique issued by the Ministrie.
of Air and Home Security, which
said no bombs were dropped.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-02-20

mood was one Of comradeshiy s
faith and works. E
There was great seriousne, IS
Mr.. Roosevelt's voice VIM
stressed that tremendous Z
ties Of transportation lay
way of fulfilling the pledg
OF all kinds to China. In
ent stage, everything must ~.
air, he said, and it is not possip1x,
to go by way of Russia, only by
the southwest.
There was just this passing ref
erence to Russia, and nothing to in.
dicate whether it had any signifi-
canoe beyond a factual statement
OF a geographical situation.
The compliments began when the
zoo members of the press were ush.
cred into the Presidents oval of.
tic to find him, Mrs. Roosevelt and
Madame Chang seated behind his
desk. Madame Chang was in the
middle, dressed in a black, ankle.
length robe Of the Chinese fashion
embroidered with blue flowers. Mrs
Roosevelt, on her right, wore a rose.
colored street dress and the Presi-
dent a dark blue suit.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-02-20
RUML TAX PLANS
VETOED BY HOUSE
All Proposed Pay-As-You-
Go Ideas Rejected;
Compromise Seen

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19.lR-
All proposed pay-as-you-go tax
plans, including one that would
have cancelled out one income tax
year completely, were rejected by
The House Ways and Means com
lnittee today, and a subcommittee
appointed to draft an acceptable
compromise.
The plans voted down included a
modified form of one submitted by
Beardsley Ruml, chairman of the
feoeral Reserve Bank Of New York,
winch would bypass one tax year
however, the Ruml plan support
ers were not downcast, and private
expressed confidence because o1
tne support it received in the com
illVlee. The ways and means mem
oels We're pledged to secrecy as tt
'ne number of votes each plan re
ceved.
ohe committee source said "the
'O'e for the Ruml plan (modified
was surprisingly large"
Inc z0 committeeman ran into 6
s.alemate after three weeks Of study
VI current collection proposals. TIL,
1uocommittee was instructed "tt
ploV'oe a new bill including tn,
piinclple of pay.as-you-go and col
'.eoh m at the source"
s.. .AS put the whole committet
.,ni'ely s,,.,, On record as favoring ,
s,s, ralololns levy, probably o
nv. saAu ~ per cent on net taxable in
\, as a means Of making week
~, H. sehi'monthly or monthly deduc
W. s4' from earnings for accumula
W., a against actual taxes to be com
-N-eo alter each year.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-02-20
Today Is Last Chance
To Stock Up Pantries

7oS WASHINGTON, Feb. 1s.-RA
,,sSse"lVes, confronted by twin
mos resze' have their last chance to-
tn;ta ito" to stock up on canned
ot MUS ns and vegetables in advance
h,t t'uonlhg. Officials said today
lonas as stocking up is approved so
t,ns, avs dS 1t stays within reasonable
h@a government freeze" will take
,hs,' ae canned g; ods off the grocery
d.u dives for one week after Satur-
hs midnight in preparation for
MsrolS start Of point rationing
A,h, ~. the same time a freeze Of
'0'e was reported by the Agri-
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-02-20
TWPServiceAreaG Group
Meets On Purchase Plan

| full support would be given to the
plan Mayor J. Aubrey Harrell Of
Wallace, who is said to have led
the movement for support, was
not available for comment Friday
night.
Mayor Edgar l.. Vow, Of Will
mington, disclosed that another
meeting will probably be held here
early in the week and that the pro-
posed bill lis expected to be pre-
sented to the Legislature some.
time next week.
Attending the meeting Friday
were the following:
From Wilmington: Mayor Edgar
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The Wilmington morning star., 1943-02-20

culture Department today to have
damaged severely the Florida Win
ter crops of fresh vegetables count
ed upon heavily 10 supplement the
rat,oned canned supplies.
Officials said the situation was
not serious enough, however, to
interfere with the canned goods ra-
tioning, and they proceeded with
the program. The point values OF
the rationed articles will be an
nounced Sunday and published IN
the Monday morning newspapers.
The public will register for the
new ration books starting Monday
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-02-20
RAFBlOckbuSterSSmash
Big WilhelmShaven Base

LONDON Feb 19@EP-The Raj delivered heavy
cargo of the Whelmshaven U-boat base
and shipyards last night while other British squadrons
shot up shipping along the Dutch and French coasts and
inland communications across France and Belgium.
The Wlhelmshaven raid repeat performance
of the heavy assault week earlier and the 72nd attack
the the sprawng port which has produced great
number of Atlantic raiders.
Good weather favored the attack officially DESIGNATED
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-02-20
FORM new LINES
Central Section OF Allied
Front Appears Nov
ing Back
STH ARMY USING GUNS
Montgomery's Forces Ex.
changing Fire With
Mareth Line Post

tby Inc Associated Press)
ALLIED HEADQUART.
ERS IN NORTH AFRICA.
Feb. 19.-American armored
forces stabilized their new
line on the Tunisian noun.
tains near the Algerian from
tier today while the violent
drive by Marshal Erwin
Rommel that had carried
him more than 60 miles slack
ed off to mere skirmishing.
The announced withdraw
al of French troops from Pi-
chon, about 40 miles north Of
the Faid pass area where
Rommel began his thrust on
Sunday, indicated that the
central section of the Allied
front was being moved back
to stronger defensive posi-
tions on the west side of the
Ousseltia valley. This would
deprive Rommel of opportu-
nifty for a quick thrust north
west behind the Allied for
ward units.
Lines Run Along Mountains
The new line runs along noun.
tains as high as 4,0O0 feet which
flank the pass leading from Feri-
ana to Tebessa, the latter in AL
geria.
Rommel was assumed to have
suspended his drive toward the AL
gerian plateau in part because OF
the threat being offered by the
British Eighth Army Of General
Sir Bernard L. Montgomery which.
moving up from southeastern Tu-
nisia, was disclosed during tn
day to have captured Foum Ia
tahouine en- the Matmata range
along the southern flank Of the
Mareth line.
DISPATCHES from Cairo indicated
that this point had fallen without
much fighting. Thirty miles to the
north, however, more enemy re-
Montgmoery's artillery batteries
sistance was being encountered;
: were exchanging fire with the Ger
mans in the Medenine outpost OF
the Mareth line. It was believed
that a heavy attack on Rommel
was coming very soon.
(The Fighting French announced
lin London that an entire Fighting
French division which had been
with Montgomery's British Eighth
Army had gone under the COM
mand of General Eisenhower, pre-
sumably having entered Tunisia
from southern Libya.
(The German radio reported that
Axis troops had withdrawn from
the mountain area near the SOUTH
ern end of the Mareth line, per-
haps indicating that no all-out re.
sistance was planned in that area.
The Nazis said Montgomery was
attacking with both artillery and
strong infantry forces.)
Officers here stressed the gal
liant struggle offered in the earlier
, heavy fighting by the inex'
perienced Americans and poorly
equipped French on what was a
!. long and thinly defended front.
The eneny's losses in equipment
had not yet been determined, but
the destruction Of 20 G e r m a n
tanks by one American combat
. command and the exploit Of an
: other American detachment in
knocking out six Nazi Mark vi
!: tanks indicated it was by no means
a German walk-over.
It was disclosed that Rommers
initial blow last Sunday from Faid
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. N Office

The Star-News Circula-
tion Department is open
Sundays from Z to 10 am.
If you fail to receive your
paper, phone 1911 before
10 and one will be sent to
you by special messenger.
After 10 o'clock, the de-
partment is closed.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-02-20
WEATHER

FORECASTS:
North Carolina: Rising temperature
Saturday.
Eastern Standard Time)
(By U. s. Weather Bureau)
Meteorological data for the "a hours
ending 80 p. M, yesterday.
Temperature
1880 a. M, 80; z 80 a. M, 81; 80 p.
M, 50: 1880 p. M, 49.
Maximum go; Minimum 30; Mean 40;
Normal 48.
Humidity
1880 a. M, SO; 1880 a. M, 100; 80 p.
M, "a; 1880 p. M, 56.
Precipitation
Total for the "a hours ending 1880 p.
M, 600 inches.
Total since the first of the month,
047 inches.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-02-20

(All times Eastern Standard)
Sunrise, ISL a. M; Sunset, 100 p. NJ;
Moonrise, :35p.; Moonset, 7:07a.
Cane Fear River stage at Fayetteville
on Friday, at 8 a. M, 11.80 feet.
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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-06-25

Age limits for WAVE appli'
cants are 20 TO SO.
While here Lieutenant Terlet-
zky will be the guest of Miss
Minnie Porter Harris and fam
lily of AIS Caroline street.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-06-25
MISS COLLINS TO BE
LIONS CANDIDATE IN
CONTEST FOR QUEEN

At a regular meeting held last
night in the den on Seminary
street, the Key West Lions Club
voted to enter contestant in the
Stadium Queen Contest now be-
ing conducted by the Monroe
County Defense Council Recrea-
ton Committee. A committee APP
pointed by First Vice President
Allan Hampton, consisting of
Lions Joe Allen, Arthur Murray
fnd KiRananS Curry, met imme-
diately blzoWihg the meeting
and Selected Miss Vanessa Collins,
popular employe of the Columbia
Steam Laundry, to represent the
Club in the contest.
: Lion Rod Bethel, club secretary,
announced that he had received
word from the Florida Council
for the Blind that the date of the
opening of the news .sooth in the
local postoffice, to be operated by
Leonard Warren. has been set for
July 5 or 6. Club members were
requested to be present at the
ceremony when President Allan
Hampton would present Mr.. War
rem with the keys to the booth
with appropriate remarks.
Lion Song Leader Gerald Saun-
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waves PROCUREMENT
OFFICER COMING HERE

John E. Collier, recruiter-in-
charge at. the local Navy Re-.
|cruiting Station announces that
Lieutenant Serepta B. Terletzky
will be in Key West Saturday,
June 26.
1t. Terletzky, who is in charge
of WAVE procurement for the
Seventh Naval District, with Of
fees at COS Langford Building,
in Miami, will interview all
women who are interested in
information regarding enlistment
in the WAVES.
This is the first visit the re-
cruiting officer has made to Key
West.
1t. Terletzky will conduct in
terviews in the navy recruiting
office located on the second
floor of the Postoffice Building
from l to 5 p. m.
Ladies who may have hesti-
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-06-25
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COMPLIMENTS The CITIZEN ON
FORESIGHT SHOWN in EDITORIAL
CONCERNING POSTWAR PLANNING

have consented to give freely of
their special abilities to local COM
munities and industries in the so
luton of specific production,
managerial, scientific and re-
search problems. Walter &C. Shfrs
man, Presidentsof the State Cham
Der VIII announce the division
membership within the next day
or two. Problems presented to
this division should be. specific
and definite; and from the atti-
tude expressed by the individuals
composing the division member
ship, can assure you that they
will receive prompt and efficient
attention.
Planning for the postwar days
IS not a 'one-man job Florida
needs the united and llnselfish eff
forts of all its citizens, and am
happy that an editor of your en-
terprise and standing has so clear
realization of the need for inn
mediate action
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RECREATION-STADIUN
COMMITTEES TO MEET

A joint meeting of the County
Recreation Committee and the
Key West Stadium Committee
will be held tonight, beginning
at 8 o'clock, in the City Hall.
Reports from committees APP
pointed in connection with the
Fourth of July celebration to be
held in the new stadium will be
heard and further plans an
nounced.
President Gerald Saunders of
the Stadium Committee and
Defense Recreation Chairman
J. Glenwood Sweeting request d
full attendance at tonight's SEES
sion.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-06-25

Harold CoIee, executive vice
president of the Florida State
Chamber of Commerce. in let
ter to The Citizen, stresses the
importance of postwar planning,
but adds that initiative and en-
terprise are also needed five are
to have a Balanced economy when
the war ends. His letter, which
follows, should be read by every
Key Wester who is interested in
the welfare of this comm1nitv:
May ! compliment you on the
foresight shown in your editorial
Tip From The Squirrel in the
June 2lst issue of the Key West
Citizen. You paint vivid picture
OF what may happen to all of Flor
IDA, as well as to Key West, if
adequate plans for postwar are
not-made now. Memory of the sud
den collapse of the Florida
Boom and the trlbulations which
immediately followed should
make us realize that '.rose-tint-
ed Sunday" may be followed by
q blue Monday
Nor should we, in my opinion
depend upon federal funds for the
maintenance of our prosperity
although their value in tiding us
over the transition period cannot
be decried. Permanent prosperity
must be based upon our own mi
tiative and enterprise, upon the
development of our natural re-
sources and the promotion of the
gifts God has given us.
In order to facilitate such a
program, thefFlorida State Cham
Ter of Commerce has created a
New Industries Advisory Division
stated by eighteen of Florida's
outstanding industrial executives.
scientists, and technicians who
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ders, after leading the club in
song fest introduced his success.
sor. Lion Cline Hayman, who will
begin his duties as song leader al
the first meeting in July. In re-
firing from the post he has held
since the clubs organization in
May, 1888, Lion Saunders thanked
the membership for their fine
spirit of cooperation and request
ed them to continue with their
new song leader in the same fine
way. Lion Hayman has announced
that his first project will be the
formation of a bang-up club bar
bershop quartet.
President-elect Hampton adj
dressed the club, stressing the fact
that although the club had gone
a long way in its accomplishments
yet there is much to be done in the
way of civic and community bet
terment, and requested the full
cooperation of every member
during the ensuing year.
Commander Nyberg was guest
of the club. and expressed pleas
ure at being present.
Lion Joe Allen announced that
the Time Magazine quizzes would
be continued Throughout the com
ing year as feature of the pro-
gram committee.