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Evening star., 1943-08-20

and childless married men are in
Quoted, but manpower officials said
it was certain that some of the
$500 local boards will have ex-
hausted their supply of non-fathers
before october /.
In Washington, although half the
hotel desk clerks and dozens of sales
clerks in department and retail
stores are non-deferrable fathers,
few men have gone to the United
States Employment Service here to
seek job transfers. 1t was believed
they either are waiting until the
last days OF the month of grace be-
fore reclassification or have de-
cided to stay on their jobs until
called by the draft.
Evening star., 1943-08-20

channels: lack of equipment, and
manpower.
They are vigorously urging re-
form in the farm credit program SO
as to separate the finance features
from control by the Department OF
Agriculture. Socialized farm credit,
which they term Santa Claus"
credit, should be left, they say, II at
all, with the Department of Agri-
culture in such a way as not to re-
fleet adversely upon sound financing.
Retailers are particularly bitter
about OPA regulations which, they
charge, hinder normal operations
even in non-shortage fields.
"Industrialists stress vigorously
the need for an announced program
for the liquidation Of war contracts,
more definite principles Of renego-
tiation, liberalization of reserve al
lowances to assure the means OF con-
version, expansion and rehabilita-
tion of plant equipment and facil-
tiles after the war.
Farmers, retailers and industrial
lists are bitterly opposed to subsidies
--as being inflationary and means
Of controlling further the citizenry.
Fear Form Of Government.
There is profound and frequent
ly-expressed cognizance of the dan
ger to the American form OF Gov
Evening star., 1943-08-20

eminent from widespread, strong,
bureaucratic dictation. One man
said: I wouldn't let them kick my
dog around like they're pushing our
American citizens around
There is much opposition to the
Wagner Murray cradle-t the grave
panacea for full-blown socialistic
control In the guise Of security
Il have found during the cur
rent recess, everywhere, an unusu-
ally poignant interest in issues and
principles, and an unusually small
amount Of interest expressed-in
behalf Of any particular PERSONAL
ity for the Republican presidential
nomination. There Is an increas-
ing feeling in Indiana, where 1t was
already Of large dimensions, against
the concept of any worldwide New
Deal
Members of a group of so we'll
informed, intelligent, West Central
Indiana farmers with whom I met
last night told me after our formal
meeting things which, in print,
would be condemned by the New
Deal as the highest of treason. They
expressed themselves, however, logi-
caly. factually, and, above all, with
obviously deep sincerity and love of
country-this countryxwith poten-
tial acceptance of any postwar,
worldwide program likely only If
consistent with the primary safety
and welfare OF the United States OF
America"
Democratic Senator Writes.
The letter from Democratic
Senator follows:
The people OF my State definitely
approve overriding the Presidents
veto Of the Smith Connally Bill
They do not know much about the
bill as a whole but they approve its
passage and its passage over the
veto.
There is no hostility to labor
but some Of the union labor prac-
tices are strongly resisted. There
is general dissatisfaction toward
price and rationing by OPA; also
food distribution and supply; also
general opposition to the subsidy
proposals and to the proposal to
Evening star., 1943-08-20

structed to go through their father
rolls to search out fathers whose
jobs are included on the recently
expanded list of n-deferrable ac-
tivities and occupations. These men
have 80 days to change to war
useful jobs before coming up for
induction.
Although manpower officials said
they had no figures on how many
fathers were engaged in the non-
deferrable activities or how many
OF them would be available for in
duction. they believed that the Oc-
tober call might be met with non-
deferrable fathers.
Even these men are not to be
called until available single men
Evening star., 1943-08-20
Fourth Body Found
In War Plant Ruins;
Blast Injured Ten
BY the Associated Press.

| BY tne Associated Press.
KEARNY, N. j., Aug 20-Re-
covery of another body from the
smouldering ruins brought to four
today the known toll of dead in the
explosion and fire which demolished
three-story brick and concrete
building of the Congoleum-N Marin,
Inc. Plant.
Bert M. Fay, Harrison under
taker. said the body had been taken
to his morgue and that a family
was attempting to establish identi-
fication.
A report that workmen burrowing
through the tons of debris had
sighted three others, one believed
to be a woman, could not be con-
firmed.
Eight Are in Hospital.
Ten persons injured, eight criti-
cally, are in hospitals.
The blast late yesterday afternoon
rocked a 10-mile area in the heart
OF war-busy Northern New JERSEY
and broke windows in homes and
stores within a mile radius Of the
SPRAYING Linoleum Products plant
on the banks of the Passaic River.
Fire which sprouted out from the
| blasted No. 10 building wrecked two
other structures. before The flames
were brought under control last
| night.
Senator Hawkes. Heads Board.
The building Just blew skyward
in cloud of wreckage and then fell
back to the earth in pieces" was one
workers description of the blast.
A spokesman for the company.
which is headed by Senator Hawkes.,
Republican, of New Jersey as chair
man of the Board of Directors. said
check of workers homes indicated
that eight persons were missing, but
other sources indicated the toll
might rise much higher.
Flremen and rescue workers who
worked in the wreckage throughout
the night expressed the belief that
some workers from other buildings.
such as messengers or freight truck
ers. might have been in the building
The blast occurred a half hour be-
fore the large night shift was to
have check in, they said, and some
night workers might have been in
the building without entering their
time cards.
Fire Chief Charles Burnett of
Newark said the explosion was
caused by dust from cork and limo
leum. He described the force of the
blast as more terrific than dyna-
mite"
The public relations officer of the
Army Ordnance Department, New
York, said. however, the cause of the
explosion was not known.
IS Per Cent in War Work.
Seventy-five per cent of the plant
was engaged in war work, he said,
but only one department was affect
ed by the explosion.
FIOQuCClOn Is expected TO be on
normal basis in the rest of the plant
within 48 hours" he added.
Federal Bureau of Investigation
agents, Army and Navy personnel
and auxiliary police established
guard around the plant and barred
all persons from the grounds.
Andrew Macarthur, 41-year- -old
machinist, who was one of the less
severely injured, said he was picked
up off his feet by rush of air and
knocked to the floor as he worked
in an adjoining building.
1T was like a vacuum" he said.
"and all of a sudden there was a
terrific explosion. Debris fell all
around me. then some one picked
me up and put me in an ambu-
lance"
Another worker told of being
blown out of a first-floor window
just before the building crashed
around him. He was not seriously
hurt.
Evening star., 1943-08-20

A n a I ionally
known labora-
tory after a
year of expert
mentati is
sued q report
that
Evening star., 1943-08-20
SoiIor Held by Police
In Death of Waitress

Police today were holding a 23-
year-old sailor for questioning as
they continued an investigation into
the death Wednesday night of Mrs
Margaret l.. Cwikiel, %, a waitress,
at her home, 9l6 H street NV.
Coroner A. Magruder Macdonald
said further medical examinations
will be made following an autopsy
yesterday at the District Morgue.
The sailor was arrested near the
woman's home shortly after police
were called and found the woman
had collapsed.
Evening star., 1943-08-20

What the Folks Back Home Are TI1inkino

What haze members Of Congress people back
during the
The Star sent letters to Senators and Representatives
section OF the country asking
Another instament Of these published here
tollop
The letters published today Raymond
Willis Republican Indiana
has tDrten "o6 the
Evening star., 1943-08-20

are q n cry at
what t h e y re-
gard as handi-
caps placed by
t he F e d eral
Government on
their efforts to-
ward "a l 10 u t"
p o d u c t / on
through chang
ing a n d unde-
pendable re u
lations: pri C e
control, W h / C h
h as obstructed
the flow of feed
through normal
a n d necessary
Evening star., 1943-08-20

(Tomorroto's letters are from
Senator Arthur Capper. Repub-
iican, OF Kansas and Representa-
ttpe Margaret Chase Smith, Re-
publican, OF Maine.
Evening star., 1943-08-20
Roilrood Resumes Service

Service has been resumed on the
Verapaz Railway in Guatemala, the
German-owned line which was
taken over by the Guatemalan
Governments in 1941 and operations
suspended.
Evening star., 1943-08-20

Senator Willis letter follows:
Farmers in Indiana, for the first
time in my memory, are displaying
a virtual unanimity of thought. They
Evening star., 1943-02-01

Don't fire till you see the whites
Of their eyes. But you may buy
War bonds now.
Evening star., 1943-02-01
Marine General Aids
Squad in Guada|cana|
Capture japanese
Collins Joins Group Of
High Officers Woeing
War in Front Lines
BY WILLIAM HIPPLE,


WITH ADVANCE UNITED
STATES TROOPS ON GUADAL-
CANAL FRONT LINES, Jan. rs
Delayed Maj. Gen. Joseph Col
Inns of New Orleans showed today
that he could supervise individual
hand-to-hand fighting as well as
maneuver hrger Army units.
In so demonstrating he joined a
growing number Of generals who
aren't fighting this war in the ira
ditional manner. That Is, they no
longer sit at comfortable posts far
from the front directing operations
solely from maps and secondhand
reports.
In the dense jungle northwest OF
Kokumbona, Gen. Collins led a small
party which captured three Jap sol.
diers and killed three others.
Contact Accidental.
The action was more or less acci-
dental. for the general originally set
out with the object Of contracting a
forward Army unit. He was accom-
panied by 1t Col j. K. Bush CT
Salem. Ind; Capt. Paul Melichamp
of Summerville, S. c., the generals
aide. and two enlisted men.
They saw the first Jap covering
in a hole between the tree roots.
The general motioned him to come
out. The Jap refused so Gen. Col
Inns sent his men in to get him. The
struggling Jap was pulled out.
Next they came upon holed-up
Jap armed with Z bayonet, but no
rife. The Jap drew the bayonet
across In front Of his throat. The
Americans were not sure whether
his gesture meant he intended to cut
his own throat or theirs, 50 Gen.
Collins ordered q double thanking"
while Col. Bush slipped
IN close with wooden club. The
colonel finally managed 10 hit the
Jap's arm. knocking the bayonet
out Of his hands. Then capture was
easy.
Tries to Toss Grenade.
The next Jap was found in lean
to resting and apparently unarmed.
The Americans told him to come out.
He also refused and reached to the
top Of the lean-to where a hand
grenade was fastened. Col. Bush
grabbed the Japk arm and the
others rushed in to pin him down.
In the other three cases-the fatal
ones-the generals party tried to
take the Japs prisoners but they
were obstinate. They were found In
dugouts and holes and tried to fire |
rifles or throw hand grenades. As .
result they were shot-one OF them
by Capt. Melichamp.
Another general seen today strid-
ing through the jungle near the
firing lines wearing q green uniform
was Maj. Gen. Alexander M. Alfonso
Decaree, q. s. M. c., Of Washington,
D. G.
Evening star., 1943-02-01

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Evening star., 1943-02-01
Missionary Sees World
Seeking Answer in RELIGION

Leaders of thought are turning to
religion as the answer to world prob
lens, asserted the Rev. Frederick
Lee, returned missionary to China,
at the Seventh-Day Adventist
Theological Seminary last night.
Science has failed to make a new
world Of abundance and peace" he
said. Education and culture have
failed to lessen. the threat Of war.
We hear on every hand the cry Of
statesmen, university professors,
journalists and writer's Of the need
Of moral values in life. We have
been too materialistic in our out
look In recent years. We have
neglected God, and this is the reason
for the present catastrophe"
He spoke at a special service
opening the seminary's winter term.
Entering the winter class are a num-
Der Of advanced ministerial students.
and also active Bible instructors.
Church leaders, Mr.. Lee said, are
looking forward Ito the greatest mis-
sionary advance in all lands that
Christianity has ever seen."
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-10-24

many observers predicted that the conquest
Of that union would prove stumbling block
in the German drive toward the Aegean. More
than million men were arrayed against him
and their knowledge of the terrain was ex-
pected to prove hindrance to the Nazi adj
vance.
The world soon found out that small bands
of hill warriors were no match for the highly
organized troops of Germany. Belgrade. Kral-
jevo, Uzice and Sarajevo fell In rapid sue.
cession as the Yugoslavs separated into small
partisan bands
If Mihailovic, Drug Tito and other Yugoslav
leaders can bring their armies together in
common cause without argument over lead.
ership and postwar politics, the enemy will
face formidable fighting machine which can
simplify the task of an Allied invasion through
the Balkans. Four or five hundred thousand
guerrilla troops striking from the hills could
well prove a major aid in drive into Ger.
many from the south.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-10-24
Navy Day

It wa. Lieutenant Commander Thresher.
Captain Of the Port, who pointed out during
meeting of the committee which is drafting
Wilmington's Navy Day program, that Navy
Day is not observed as an occasion for mourn
ing or for clarifying heroes. 1t is celebrated
to keep the people generally and Congress
specifically in mind Of the fact that we have
Navy which has never fallen down on job
and which must have Congressional support
in the form Of appropriations for fleet build
ing and personnel to keep going
z With these things in mind day has been
set aside for public demonstrations not only
that the public may be apprised Of the Nays
accomplishments but also that Congress may
appreciate its needs.
WimingtoYs celebration next Wednesday,
which is Navy Days being formulated on as
elaborate a scale as the troubled times per-
init. The program will provide entertainment
and instruction for every resident. 1t will be
fully disclosed in the news columns,
The point we would emphasize is that every
effort is being made to perform the services
implicit in the day. If they are tc accomplish
the purpose for which they were created, it
can be done only with cooperation of the pub
lie.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-10-24
Don't Be DISCOURAGED

The practice of minimizing Allied successes
in the Pacific is becoming too prevalent. The
purpose, of course, is to stem tide of over
optimism, which must be done. But nothing
is to be gained by substituting despair.
1t is true that thus far we have hardly
cracked the shell of Japan's defenses, but
why dwell exclusively on this, as some are
doing to the exclusion OF the fact that we
have forced the Japanese to draw in their
horns, so to speak, in the Solomons, in Alas
ka, and are delivering increasing supplies of
material to the Chinese, to Macarthur, to
India?
The war in the Pacific had gone against the
United Nations for so long, the japanese had
such a great advantage before Macarthur
started fighting, that there was a reason
to fear they might never be defeated. Now
we know that they can be beaten, as thorough
ly as the Germans are in Russia. and we are
going doggedly forward with the job.
Tokyo is still long ways off, but don't
ignore the fact that we are nearer it today
than before Guadalcanal and Raboul and will
be still nearer when Truk is reduced
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-10-24
Dark Days For Germany

The American public has been warned that
a further Tightening OF the belt will have to
be effected this winter as stores are massed
for the about assault on Hitlers fortress prob
ably in the spring Of 1914.
Rationing has hit hard at many American
homes and few will deny that the Office OF
Price Administration has muddled the pro-
gram of price control. Many homes were
cold last winter as fuel oil ratoning bit deep
into their furnace supplies, but there is an
other nation which Will feel the rigor OF war
in much more dreadful form.
Germany has been bombed and torn by fire
from almost unceasing aerial attack since last
spring Her Ruhr valley coal mines are mostly
idle and there is no oil supply available for
anything but the Nazi war machine. Food
warehouses have been blasted and Propagan-
da Minister Goebbels has already warned his
people that hard winter lies ahead.
It will be hard on German morale this win
ter as the long nights bring only cold hunger
and the crash Of Allied bombs.
Adversely in the field may serve to weld a
people closer but when individual homes begin
to suffer untold hardship it can well mean that
a crackup of German morale may not be dis
tant.
Knowing this, the delay in opening drive
through France may be due to the Allied plans
to bomb Germany out of the war this winter
and save millions of lives With the home
front in decay, the outer rim of Hitlers fortress
can hardly long hold out.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-10-24
Postwar BODYBUILDING

raw of welcome sunshine in the post
wars overcast skies is gratefully acknowledge
cd It is seen in the current issue of The
American Builder, a trade magazine, which
forecasts that when materials are again avail
BILE we will be building a million homes a
year. This pickup in an industry now prac-
tically idle the magazine ads, will furnish
employment for two million men annually,
which appears ultra-conservative.
With the average price of homes in 1941
So, $50, the Builder adds, ut is assumed that
the postwar market will start at about the
same figure, so that million homes would
create a $4,000 00OO 900 market" The maya
zine lists these reasons for its forecast:
1. Accumulated savings, plus greatly
increased purchasing power, will coincide
with an acute shortage.
2. Postwar homes will be vastly more
attractive, equipped with numerous eye
catching devices to attract buyers.
g. Liberal long term homes within the
reach of millions not now served.
T. Billions of dollars held by financial
institutions will seek an outlet in private
residential construction due to low inter-
est rates prevailing elsewhere.
s. cord-breaking numbers OF people
are now reaching the ages of 70 to A. the
marriage rate is up, and soldiers return
ing from the war will be demanding bet
ter housing.
If the prophecy is even approximately cor
rect the anticipated wave OF home building
will spread over wider business areas than
the sites of the houses themselves. The ma
terials of which the homes are to be construct
ed will have to be produced, from lumber and
shingles to plumbing, lighting and heating
fixtures. 1t probably would be conservative
to say that another two million men, in addi-
ton to the like number building houses, would
find jobs in the industries producing the ma
terials required for their construction. And
wouldn't that be big lift in solving unem-
ployrnent problems when the war is over?
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-10-24
Yugoslav Unity

II the remarks by Gen. Draja Mhailovic on
unity IN Yugoslavia are to be interpreted as
an indirect offer of consolidation between his
forces and those of the Partisan leader, Drug
Ito, the Nazis will have lost major battle
with one of their most potent weapons: dis
sentlon among people of an occupied land.
For more than two years Mihailovic has
tormented the Germans in the Balkans by his
guerrilla warfare from the hills of Croatia and
Slovemia. Many stories have been published
IN which other Yugoslav patriots have ac-
SEQ him OF actually aiding the enemy while
> , alending to wage warfare against him.
1t has long been trait of Balkan peoples
that they cannot work together without argu-
ment and bloodshed. For many years hill
tribes have fought among themselves, which
made the task of German occupation inmeas-
urably easier.
When Hitler massed his men on the Runar-
liam border for the thrust into Yugoslavla,
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-10-24
QUOTATIONS

The task lat sa1erno) would have been
o.sier with more planes-it could not have
heen done with less.-Gen Henry H. Arnold,
Air Force Chief.
The lesson we have in mind for the die
+.+ors is that our way of life, our democratic
r,r;ncinle can and will beat theirs.-Treasury
Secretary Henry Morgenthau Jr.
r. we are to avoid social and economic
Ito stronhe after the war, We shall have to
oa,,+;n,,e this system of control (rationingl.
subject to notifications, for as long as alb
,,ar,,,a1 conditions persist The alternative is
~ tho man with the long purse will bring
h tnro the bacon. - British Home Secretary
Morrison.
One of the great fears OF our Allies is es-
4ol,1;sbing a peace which only United States
. Va can maintain and then having
p ps- walk out on Ex-senator Joseph H Bali
Of Minnesota
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-10-24
Communism Making Big Strikes
In Conquered European Lands

Editors note: The following story
describing reports of expanding COM
munist influence in Europe is writ
ten by Joseph E. Dynan. Associated
Press correspondent accredited to
the French committee of liberation,
with headquarters in Algiers, man
with wide experience in dealing
with French colonial problems in
Indo-China, the Caribbean and South
America. 1t presents information OBJ
tanned primarily from French sources
in North Africa. Dynan and Ed
ward Kennedy, inexperienced
foreign correspondent who is chief
Of the APP bureau in Algiers. con-
slider the material authentic. How
ever, they and the Associated Press
have no first-hand verification ex-
cept with regard to Yugoslavia,
which was visited recently by Daniel
de Luce, and Corsica. visited by
Yves Gallagher. first and only Am
erican newspapermen to give eye
witness reports of the situation in
those sectors