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The Wilmington morning star., 1943-06-24
New Troubles Seen
Between Chieftains
Of French Empire

ALGIERS, June 23.-[R-
Vexati0us rivalries began today
to plague the new permanent
military committee, just Great
ed in an effort to unity French
military power, and a new
struggle between Generals
Henri Giraud and Charles de-
Gaulle was in prospect on the
issue of recruiting troops.
With the French armies of
liberation divided in allegiance
between two commanders in
chief, Giraud and deGaulle,
Giraudists indicated that they
would demand that recruiting
be on the territorial basis,
thus preventing the Fighting
French organization from TAX
ing manpower in this area.
The deGaullists complained
that ga freeze out" was being
worked against them and also
that m EN- escaping from
France were now being brought
into Giraud's North African
army despite their wish to
serve under deGaulle.
One Giraudist called ga very
miserable solution" the COM
promise which had left Giraud
In command of troops in North
and West Africa and deGaulle
In command in other empire
territories.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-06-24
BY WALTER LIPPMANN

Having gone back and f o t h
across our continent, one general
conclusion seems to me more than
ever clear. 1t is that Mr.. Roose-
velt is succeeding greatly as Com
mander in Chief and is missing
out seriously as Chief Executive
and as leader of the nation.
There really can be no doubt
that the American mobilization all
the way from the induction CEN
ters to the war factories and the
research laboratories is a prodi-
gious achievement. Nor is there
any doubt, believe, that the coun-
try, which judges by results, has
confidence that the strategy OF the
war is well conducted. But it is
no less obvious that when it comes
to labor relations, to war finance
and to the management of the
food supply, there is no such con-
fidence. 1t does not exist because,
as matter of fact, here there
is muddle and indecision. And in
the realm of the imponderables,
which are so vitally important, it
is lamentably true that the Presi-
dent is neglecting to lead the ma
ion, failing to inform the people,
failing to explain, persuade and
convince, failing to inspire the ma
ton with a sense of the greatness
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-06-24
Red Cross Will Assist
In Ice Shortage Work

long as there is an actual 1cs
shortage, and is not ln'e,ioeu l
either as a permanent Red cross
activity or as a means OF DONG
an injury to ice manufacturers.
1t is designed to help the lcemen
in their emergency and reduce
the possibility of illness among
babies and suffering among lnVa-
lids.
Mrs Speiden, in her announce,
ment, emphasized that the heo
Cross can make no ice deliveries
but will register calls from per-
sons having ice to give away ana
from applicants for ice.
She put it this way: Mrs. Jones
will tell us that she can spare
two pans of cubes today. When
Mrs. Smith phones to ask where
she can get ice, she will be told
of Mrs. Jones' offer and be ad-
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The Wilmington morning star., 1943-06-24
7RD0PS ARE SENT
INTO FORD PLANT
Army Occupies Motor Unit
Of Rouge Factory Due
To Disorders

DETROIT, June 23.-R-Feder-
ii troops were brought into the
aircraft engine division Of tn e
Ford Motor company's R g e
plant today, company spokes-
man said, because of certain dis
turbances which had occurred IN
The plant and also to g u d
against the possibility of further
disorders.
The troops were stationed in the
plant where Pratt & Whitney air
craft engines are being assembled.
Prigadier General William E.
Guthner, commanding Army troops
brought here Monday night to halt
bitter race >rioting in which ~
we're killed, said that only a pla-
toon of troops were sent to the
Rouge plant and "only for securl-
N."
Meantime, mass prosecution OF
500 misdemeanor and felony cases
proceeded as Gov. Harry F. Kelly
and Mayor Edward J. Jeffries an
nounced they planned to hunt out
the real meters and assaulters"
Of Mondays bitter race rioting
which took a toll of % dead and
more than 700 injured.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-06-24
MAYOR TO HEAD
VACRANT DRIVE
Cameron Is Appointed By
Governor To Chairman
ship OF Local Group

Mayor Bruce B. Cameron, on ap-
pointment of Governor J. M.
Broughton, will head New Han
over county's campaign to get rid
of the "idlers and loafers' hinder
ing war production, according to
an announcement issued Wednes-
day from Raleigh by the chief ex-
ecutive.
The governor, coincident with
the naming of chairmen in a i !
counties, issued a proclamation as
serting that ''the time has come
when every able bodied person
should either be working or fight
ing" and called upon the states
vagrants to get into "productive
work" He set July 5 as Norta
Carolinas DAY of Dedication.
County chairmen, under orders
from Governor Broughton, will
sponsor patriotic meetings in each
county. They will call on leaders
and civic officials to assist in the
program to eliminate non-workers.
1.-THE labor situation will become
increasingly acute as more and
more men are taken into the arm
ed services" the governor declar-
ed. "It is very important h a t
every county develop ways and
means for properly utilizing the
entire labor supply available.'
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-06-24
HOLLAND RULER
VISITS ROOSEVELT
Queen Wilhelmina Meets
President Fo rSecond
Time OF War

WASHINGTON, June 23.- Up -
President Roosevelt and @ u n
Wilhelmina of the Netherlands,
for the second time during the
war, met officially over the week
end at Mr.. Roosevelt's home at
Hyde Park, N. Y.
Presidential Secretary Stephen
Early, who announced the Queen S
visit today, said he had no reason
to believe it was anything more
than social"
Nevertheless, Wilhelmina was
accompanied by DR.. Eelco van
Kleffens, the Netherlands foreign
minister, and By her chief secre-
tary, George van Tets, and there
was ample opportunity in the Sc
clusion of the Roosevelt mansion
on the banks of the Hudson for
discussion of United Nations war
strategy and the decisions made
when Prime Minister Churchill of
England came to Washington last
month.
The Dutch ruler went to Hyde
Park from Ottawa, Canada, where
she has been visiting her daughter,
and returned there after seeing
the chief executive.
The White House announcement
of the visit said merely:
s'The President and Mrs. Roose-
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The Wilmington morning star., 1943-06-24
FDR Will Ask
Law To Draft
Men Up To65
Wants Authority To Use In
Event OF Another
Coal Strike
MANY RUMORS HEARD
Comment Heard That Ac-
ton May Mean Veto OF
Anti-WaIkout Bill

WASHINGTON, June %
-(P)-President Roosevelt
describing actions of the I'm
tied Mine Workers leader.
ship as "intolerable," served
notice today he will ask Con-
gress for a powerful weapon
70 use in event of another
coal strike-the authority to
draft men up to age IS for
non-combat military service
The chief executives state
ment promptly was widely in
rerpreted as meaning he prob
abv would veto the anti-strike
biU Congress has passed. This
measure would permit fine
fine and imprisonment of any
person instigating or aiding a
strike in a government-oper-
ated war facility. Organized
labor has urged him to turn
thumbs down on the bill.
Steps We're Taken
Mr. Roosevelt said that before
John L. Lewis, the UNIV presi-
dent and the unions policy COM
mittee issued their back to work
order last night to striking miners.
'4be government had taken steps
10 set up the machinery for in
Quoting into the armed services
all miners subject to Selective
Service act who absented them
selves without just cause from
work in the mines under govern
ment operation.
He added in a statement:
"As the Selective Service a t
does not authorize the induction
of men above As years into the
armed services, I intend to re-
quest the Congress to raise the
age limit for non-combat military
service to IS years. I shall make
that request of the Congress so
that if at any time in the future
Continued on Page Three; Col. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-06-24

ed the Russians shot and bayon-
eted Is, returning to their own
lines with prisoners.
The Leningrad sector continued
to feel the weight of new air ac-
tivity. The Moscow radio, record
ed by the Soviet monitor, said
Soviet bombers made "strong and
devastating attacks on the rail-
way junction at Pskov, ITS miles
to the southwest of the Baltic sea.
port Tuesday night. Other attacks
were made on German airdromes.
An earlier Russian communique
said 20 German planes were des-
troyed on the ground behind the
German lines near Leningrad. In
the same area II German planes
were shot down from formations
attempting to attack while the
Russians lost nine planes, it said.
Continued on Page Six; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-06-24

In an emergency move to allevl-
ate partially the ice problem IN
Wilmington, the Red Cross, through
Mrs. Ida B. Speiden, executive
Secretary, advised Wednesday that
d Clearing house for persons WILL
ing to share their ice and those
unable to purchase ice would be
maintained at chapter headquar-
'efs daily from 9 am. to 5 pm.
Mrs. Ida M. Speiden, executive
secretary of the Wilmington Red
efoss chapter, announced We'd
rreSoay morning that the Red
SroSs will serve as a clearing
nouse ~ for persons willing to share
, neir ice and others, particularly
.tu'ners .S, with young children, un-
aole a to buy ice from manufactur
~ Is to be understood, Mrs
nv s5-uen explained, that this spe-
''' service is to continue only as
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-06-24
lst Piple
Sectiu ut
City Council Inspects Five
Miles OF 5O-Foot
Right-Of-W Way
MAYOR WELL PLEASED
Head OF Government Ex.
presses Pleasure Over
Actual Operation

Four sections of 30-inch,
steel reinforced concrete pipe
are in the ground and five
miles of 50-foot right-of-way
have been cleared for the new
municipal waterline to Hoods
creek by Price Brothers, the
general contractor, Mayor
Bruce B. Cameron and the
city council found Wednesday
during a tour of inspection to
the start of the waterline, ap-
proximately one ,aile east Of
the present Toomer's creek
intake.
"This is what I have been
hoping for for five years.
Mayor Cameron commented
"The actual start of construc-
tion on a new source of water
for Wilmington"
More Units Arriving
Sixteen-foot sections of the spe-
cial type of concrete pipe, consist
ing of welded steel inner jacket,
cage steel reinforcing and con.
crete exterior, are being brought
to the right-of-way from the Lock
Joint Pipe company's temporary
plant at Navassa, a mile away.
Clearing of the right-of-way,
digging a trench for the pipe-fit.
ted together by a patented pro-
cess-and the laying of the pipe is
being done by Price brothers.
Making the trip of inspection
were Mayor Cameron, City Coun-
cilnen w. Ronald Lane, Robert S.
LeGwin, Garland S. Currin and
Robert R. Romeo, City Attorney
W. B. Campbell, City Engineer J.
A. Loughlin, W. A. Olsen Of Ra-
leigh, consulting engineer for the
city, City Manager A. c. Nichols
and Mr.. Churchill, local represen.
Continued on Page Three; Col. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-06-24
NYA OPERATION
IS CONTINUING
Shop On Carolina Beach
Road Running Despite
Arguments In Capital

The National Youth Administra-
ton on the Carolina Beach road,
operating shops for the training of
youths who go into defense indus
tries, is still doing business at its
regular stand, despite the argu-
ments in Congress concerning the
organizations appropriation for
next year, Ule A. White, director
of the project, said Wednesday.
Fate of the training unit, which
is sending a good percentage of
its trainees into the shipyards pre-
pared for their jobs, depends upon
action of the Senate Appropriations
committee and the ensuing votes
of House and Senate. By a one
vote margin, the House Appropri-
ations committee recommended
that NYA be eliminated, with only
a $4,000 budget to clear up its
affairs.
According to Mr.. White, W h o
anxiously awaits word of his or
ganization's future, there seems to
be about fifty-fifty chance or
better that NYA will survive the
Congressional buffetings The mat
ter of the budget is currently be-
fore the Senate appropriations
group.
The local shops have only 80
boys and girls in training at the
present time, the lowest figure
ever reported. However, the pros
poets for increased enrolment are
said to be excellent. Courses re-
quire six to seven weeks for COM
pletion before the students e
ready for employment. The train
ees are paid while they learn.
The project director declared
that enrolment will not be boosted
until the destiny of NYA has been
decided.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-06-24
Carolina Beach Mother
And Daughter Located
At Brunswick Hostelry

Mrs. Margie Lee Davis, 20.
who was reported missing
from her home on the Carolina
Beach road since last Thurs
day, was located Wednesday
at a tourist home in Bruns-
wick county and told Mason
boro Township Constable Bruce
w. Page, who found her, that
she left home because Of fami-
ly trouble.
Mrs. Davis was reported
missing by her husband, E. i.
Davis, employe Of the Atlantlc
Paint and Varnish company.
She and her two-year-old
child which she took with her,
were turned over to officers OF
the sheriff's department who, IN
turn, placed the mother ana
child in the hands Of local well
fare officials, pending FUR
ther investigation Of the case.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-06-24
Il Duce's Rail
Lines Hit By
Allied Airrnen
Heavy British Warplanes
Roar Over Salerno
And Sicily
MANY FIRES ARE NOTED
Speedy Mosquito Bombers
From Malta Take
Crack AT Italy

ALLIED HEADQUAR-
TIERS IN NORTH AFRICA,
June 23.-(P)-Dealing heavy
new blows to Mussolini's rail
roads-a major land lifeline
in repelling invasion-RAF
Wellingtons smashed mar
shalling yards at Salerno
Monday night with two-ton
blockbusters and Mosquito
bombers from Malta spread
havoc over railways in Italy
and Sicily last night.
The Wellingtons, following
up a Monday daylight raid by
American Flying Fortresses
on rail targets in Salerno,
made bullseye hits in the
freight yards and barracks in
the junction-town on the prin-
cipal electric railway running
from Naples to the toe of
Italy.
Many fires were started in the
wards, an Allied headquarters COM
munique stated. All the attackers
returned.
Some Vessels Sunk
The speedy Mosquito bombers
from Malta kept up the hail OF
damage last night. Marshalllng
yards at Sibari were bombed and
gunned with cannon shells hitting
an engine, trucks and station, and
sidings at Licata and factory at
Trebisacre were bombed, Brit.
ish com1nunique announced.
Allied light bombers based in
the Middle East attacked and sank
some small enemy vessels off the
Greek coast, Cairo communique
said. and all the Allied planes re-
turned safely.
From North African bases, other
Allied airmen flew out yesterday
in patrols and reconnaissance pre-
pairing for new assaults, and head
quarters announced that coastal
airforce planes sank medium
sized enemy vessel off the south
east coast of Sardinia M n d y
night and attacked barges.
Gn London, an RAF commen-
tator indicated that Rome might
fall under Allied bombsights, for
he stressed that the Ialian capt.
tai could definitely and perman-
emily be considered safe only if 1t
were declared an open city. and
if the Allies were Convinced that
it was not contributing to Axis
war strength.
(This, he emphasized. did n o t
mean it had been decided to bomb
Rome. The commentator, w h o
cannot be identified, declared the
sole purpose of bombing was to
reduce the enemy's strength and
resistance and bleed their w a r
power to save Allied lives. Rome's
military and industrial Importance
should not be overshadowed by the
presence of the Vatican and other
ancient shrines, he added.)
Reconnaissance pictures, tn
Northwest African airforce COM
Continued on Page Three; Col. A.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-06-24
SUNDAY BEER BAN
ENACTED BY CITY
Wine Sales Also Outlawed
In Limits During The
Entire Sabbath

After rejecting, 3 to 2, a com.
promise ordinance which would
have limited Sunday beer and
wine sales to from noon to 7 p. M,
the city council Wednesday in a
second 8 to vote outlawed sales
of the two beverages from 11:3C
o'clock on Saturday night to 7 o.
clock Monday morning.
Mayor Bruce B. Cameron and
Councilman Robert r. Romeo,
newcomers to the council, were
in the minority in both cases,
moving and seconding the COM
promise ordinance and voting a.
gainst the all-out ban, which was
carried by Councilman w. Ronald
Lane, Robert LeGwin and Gar.
land S. Currin.
you've gotten what you want, "
Mayor Cameron told the audience
present in the council chamber.
one of the largest in the history
of the council-manager form OF
government. II voted against it,
but I am your mayor and I can
assure you that the ordinance will
be strictly enforced to the best Of
my ability"
1t goes into effect Immediately.
Prior to the vote, a petition op-
posing any prohibition of beer and
wine sales-bearing the sigma
lures of. 5000 citizens here-was
presented to the council.
Urging the passage of the mea-
sure were representatives of the
Wilmington Baptist Association
and the city Ministerial Associa-
ton, including the Rev. Carl Pish-
er, pastor of St. Matthews Luth-
eran church, who declared:
"Many of the servicemen who
have leave during the weekend,
return to camp unable to do their
work efficiently and Mondays in
camp, among the regiments who
have leave for the weekend, are
Blue Mondays, and the conditions
are getting worse to where it is al
most Black Monday for those re-
giments."
The pastor said that his infor-
nation came from a Camp Davis
commissioned officer.
His statement was attacked by
fO.-<;uuod ~, Do nm Trun. To1 Si
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-06-24
Sterilization Head
Denies Wage Raise
To Railroad Labor

WASHINGTON, June 23.-
@-The wage increase of
eight cents an hour recon-
mended for more than a mil.
lion incorporating railroad
workers was turned down to-
day by Fred M. Vinson, stabi-
Iization director.
There were indications that
solution of the pay demands
involved might be sought in
application of time-and-a-half
pay to working hours above 40
weekly. The men, now on a 49,
hour week, would receive an
average increase amounting to
a little over 6 cents an hour
under such a plan.
President Roosevelt has in
dicated favor for the over
time pay for the incorporating
brotherhOods, in line with the
pay of other workers in inter-
state commerce.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-06-24
Reds Crack Enemy Lines
And Inflict Casualties

LONDON, Thursday, June "a
R)- Russian reconnaissance un-
its, feeling out the strangely quiet
enemy, broke through German
lines in two areas Wednesday to
attack and take prisoners, the So
Wet information bureau midnight
communique said today.
On the central front west Of
Moscow, after a preliminary soft
ening by massed Russian artil-
lery, a patrol broke into the Ger
man trenches, the communique
said. In the engagement which
followed more than 100 Germans
were killed and prisoners were
taken.
On the northwestern front the
Red Army soldiers penetrated
German lines and in their rear
organized a road ambush. When
a German detachment approach
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-06-24

ment finds his nerves unequal to
the sudden burden. For the at
tacks on cities are frequently
equivalent to catastrophes."
The paper told every German
not to be caught off guard and
urged him to learn from the ex-
periences of the bomb-shattered
cities.
Surprise is the most danger
Gus weapon of the enemy" it
said.
Meanwhile Propaganda Paul
Joseph Goebbels was touring the
damaged areas seeking to com
fort Germans with promises that
an "air armada of revenge" is
in the making.
The Deutsche Allgemeine Zeit,
ung apologized because Nazi lea.
ders had not foreseen how effec.
lively the Allies could use air
power in the face of the German
air force.
"This part of the Reich (west
ern Germany has been trans
formed into front in degree
such as not even the keenest fore.
sight could have expected at the
beginning of the war;" it said.
In emphasizing the danger o1
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-06-24
MUELHEIM RAIDED
Invasion Coast Also Pound
ed As Allied Often
sive Gathers Power
|NAZIS PUT UP FIGHT
IS British Heavy Bombers
Fail To Return From
Nocturnal Foray

LONDON, Thursday, June
24.-P)-Hundreds of giant
Raj bombers crushed the
Ruhr steel city of Muelheim
in a moonlight attack Tues
day night, while twin-engin-
ed bombers pounded the inva-
sion coast late yesterday to
keep the Allied aerial often
sive rolling at a mighty pace.
Coastal residents at Folke-
stone also cheered when a
formation of Flying Fortress
es roared back to their Brit
ish bases yesterday after a
cross channel expedition
which as yet has not been dis
closed officially.
The RATS block-buster
raiders smashed and burned
targets at Muelheim despite
desperate German resistance
which took a toll of IS Brit
ish heavyweights.
French Targets Hit
Late yesterday British Bostons
and Typhoons escorted by fight
ers attacked targets at Meaulte,
St. Omer and Maupertus in France
destroying two enemy planes with
out loss to themselves.
The day attacks brought 48 con-
secutive hours of round-the-clock
bombings.
Muelheim in the bomb-pocked
German Ruhr was slammed by
hundreds of Raj four enginged
bombers last night, with bombs
starting many fires that IS
Joined together and sent flames
leaping hundreds of feet high, the
Air Ministry announced. One pilot
reported concentrated fires 'for
about two square miles"
The new fires started IN
brought from the German radio
the statement that what the pop
ulation of these areas (the Ruhr)
has had to endure lately is unbe-
lievable for everyone who has not
witnessed such a raid"
The Ruhr has taken a fearful
pounding. The Ministry of Infor-
nation said "there have been at
least $50 attacks on targets there
by the RAF." They include 116
raids on Cologne, Sc on Essen, 26
on Dortmund, So on Dusseldorf,
50 on Duisberg Ruhrort, 60 on
Hamborn, IS on Hamm, % on
Krefeld and A on Gelsenkirchen.
The fleets of British bombers that
aimed wipe-out blow upon Muel-
helm in the Ruhr flew into that
heartland of German industry with
fires of destruction still visible in
Huls, pounded by Flying Fortress
es Tuesday, and from Krefeld,
smashed by the RAF M d y
night. One pilot said Krefeld look
ed like circle of smouldering
ashes"
The Air Ministry news service
declared that the blasting of Muel-
helm was "only slightly less hea-
W. than the attack upon Krefeld,
in which more than 700 planes par
ticipated.
Muelheim, lying near Duisburg
and about 20 miles from Huls, is
a steel and communications CEN
ter of 10000 population in peace
time.
Returning fliers reported huge
fires with the whole town SEEM
ingly ablaze and rocked by mighty
(Confinued nm Pare Six. Col 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-06-24
Nazis Appear Alarmed
By Bombing Intensity

STOCKHOLM, June 23.-(F9-The Nazis are obvious
y alarmed by the spreading intensity of the Allied air Of
fensive and their newspapers trying to prepare the
Germans who have not yet experienced air raids for the
shock of the aasrophes such have struck northwest
and west Germany
Adolf Hiter's Voelkischer Beobachter in issue
ceved here today warned it's readers to guard against il
usions Nerves will be better steeed they prepared
than one apses into false calm and at the decisive
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-06-24
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.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-06-24
WEATHER
FORECAST

FORECAST
NORTH CAROLINA: Continued
warm Thursday.
WASHINGTON, June % -(P)-Wea-
ther bureau report of temperature and
rainfall for the "a hours ending 8
P. NJ in the principal cotton growing
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-06-24

Cape Fear River stage at Fayetteville
Wednesday, at 8 A. NJ, 1850 feet.
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Continued on Page Two: Col.
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CONTINUED on Page Six; Col. A.