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The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-07
III. S. 5TH ADVANCE
SLOWED IN ITALY
Fight Up Sheer
Slopes To Take Three
Commanding Heights
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, Al

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, Al
gers. Dec. G. lR - American
troops, fighting yard by yard up
slopes too steep for supply mules,
have captured three more heights
in the Mount Maggiore area from
which they can look down upon
the German stronghold of Cassln
and the valley beyond leading to
Rome. the Allied command an
nounced today.
U. S. fighter-bombers swept over
the hard-won positions two miles
west of Mignano to drop emer-
aency ratins and munitions to 1t.
Gen. Mark w. Clark's warrirs.
British infantry of the Fifth army
was roofing the Nazis out of strong
positions on the equally rou 6 h
and repulsing enemy counter-at-
tacks in bitter hand-to-hand fight
ing.
Gen. Sir Bernard L. Montgom-
ery's Eighth army. plunging dog
'eedly on after having cracked the
Germ - defense line near the Adri-
attic sea, reached the south bank
of the Moro river, 10 miles beyond
tile Sangro and only about IA from
the major part of Pescara.
There. as on the Fifth Armv
front. the fighting was violent and
the Nazis appeared determined to
halt the break-through at all costs.
The enemy threw new reinforce
nfents into the battle, including
mechanical greaadiers. and the
Eighth Army captured another OF
the flame-throwing tanks whose
Jets of deadly fire failed to i'm
pede Montgomery's advance last
week.
The Eighth A-my's drive to the
Micro river repf esented "A gain of
about two and 4 half miles from
The coastal town of S n Vito,
whose capture was announced yes
terdy.
Fanatical last man. resistance
by the Germans in the mountain
Keys opening the gateway to Rome
CONTINUED on Page Two: Col. A.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-07
The Case For Subsidy
Is Not Clear Cut Issue

treasury or indirectly by private
contributions, waich. are exempted
from taxation. The reason for SUBJ
sidizing such activities is that,
though they are necessary or nigh
~ desirable, they could not be
maintained by ordinary CONNER
cjal transactions, ia -! .
The case is not clear once. we
come to enterprises which are
ordinarily run for profit. Is it, for
example, justifiable to use subsl-
dies to protect and maintain do
Eaestic agriculture, to assist the
merchant marine and civilian air
transport? Some would say no: let
the law of supply and demand
operate without Interference 9th
ers Of US would say yes; the pre-
servation of American agriculture
and of the rural community life
which goes with it. is an over
riding national interest, not only to
insure the nations food supply IN
time of war, but also permanently
to prevent our people from be
coming wholly urban and indus
trialized. We would say also that
living upon our continental island
we. must, even If it requires sub
sides, possess means OF sea and
air transportation to other CONT
nent adequate to insure our eco
r.omic independence.
Continued on Page Ten; Col.
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county Population
Is Set At $4,000

A. 'Slns the registration figure
Tor War Raticn Book No. 4 as
H. Dasls, officials of the New
,;s anoVer Var Price and Ra-
ss Vn'ng board estimated Mon
n nas mat the present county
Equation is $4,000.
IN, lniS figure is 45, 900 above the
Equation estimation made by
n'hlhg officials following the
as slSfation for book No. l in
cd S'n u, lS42, when it was plac-
IN n 1e initial ration book sign
o NJ !, IL months ago was only &c.
,io, 'e = than the latest registra-
cia n inquire, but rationing Off
er s explained that the great
h population estimation now
,s. uue to the belief that many
ksOls residing in this area
~, e not secured ration books
tain n me local board, but OBJ
iliaa ea them through their FAM
siss. VINO live elsewhere. Tran
oh.1 .s are also believed to have
n' books in other areas.
iod iihg the registration per-
"a . lor book No. 4, Oct. rs
lCon. a Total of 1874 books were
aed on Page Two; Col.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-07
TAXI OPERATORS
ASK RATE CHANGE
Request For Decrease Is
Placed Before City Man.
ager, Police Chief

F. Cab drivers in the City of Will
raington have requested through
Chief of Police Casteen and City
Mana ger Nichols that they be al
lowed to change city-taxi rates
within in the city limits.
Drivers stated that most OF their
downtown passengers consist OF
service, men, and that it is unfair
to them for driver to charge as
much as so cents for ride from
one USO club to another, Or some
other similar distance.
The rev rate mentioned by cab
drivers was two and half cents
per block, with the minimum rate
OF 30 cents for twelve blocks. This
would be zoned 30, 40, 50, 60 and
rs cents for persons living on the
extreme outskirts of the city.
The present city ordnance calls
for the rate of so cents for any
taxi fare within the city limits,
and the city manager stated that
this ordnance would still have eff
fect on the position of taxi users.
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new CASPLANT
TO OPEN JAN. |
System Will Be Good For
10000 Cubic Feet Per
Hour, Officials Say

A new gas plant under construc'
lion at the foot of Castle street il
scheduled to begin operation JAN
uary 1. ana will permit gas serv'
ice to several hundred more vii.
mlngton residents, Tide Water
Power company officials announc.
ed Monday.
The new system is seven-foot
water gas set, good for 10000 cubic
feet capacity an hour.
II is expected that the new plant
Will take care of all requirements
Of the community that are now linn.
tied by production capacity.
However. it was stated. there will
be certain locations where it will
not be possible to assume add.
tional loads due to the fact that
the capacity of gas mains cannot
be increased until vital materials
become available.
Meters will be made available fol-
prospective customers who have
been forced to find other methods
Of cooking and water heating be-
cause of the limits in facilities ano
capacity, occasioned by emergency
activity here.
The new system will bring the
total OF sets to six-tlrree water sets
and three coal gas benches, it was
reported.
The increased facilities will bring
the gas-making ability of the Will
m4ngton plant to approximately q,
G05,0C0 cubic feet per day.
The new set will differ from 9th
ers now installed in that it will
not be housed within a building
The operating platform only viii
be covered. The set will be semi
automatic and operation will be
controlled through hydraulic sys
tenn.
It is understood that the power
firm, through its gas facilities ma:
had, in many instances, to take uE
the scarcity being experienced II
the fuel oil and coal industries. II
other words, many persons are US
ing gas for heating and cooking
purposes who ordinarily would us'
other methods.
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.alsey Praises Action
OfYankSIn WarReVieW

mented by our New Zealand, Aus
tralian and Fijian associates, COM
pieted the capture Of our second
Solomon islands objective, Munda
airfield, we can take deep pride
in the knowledge of having achiev-
ed much against great odds.
It is established military axiom
that a firmly entrenched defender
holds the initial advantage against
an attcker.
Well aware of the odds to be
faced, the newborn South Pacific
force moved against the lower Sol
onions on August 7, 1912. History
shows that this force. then under
Vice Admiral Robert L. Ghornley,
Continued on Page Ten; Col. A.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-07

Better than when the sad days
of ''holding action ended in the
Philippines with the surrender of
the fortress of Corregidor early
in May, 1912. Or when the British
citadel of Singapore capitulated,
end the japanese swarmed down
through the Islands to look, finally,
across the narrow seas to Aus
tralia. Or when the enemy seized
fcotholds in North America at Attu
and Kiska in the A1eutians.
Better than when, in mid-1942,
German U-boats were sinking 700,-
600 of shipping a month in the At
antic and challenging the United
States ability to transport its
t, oops and the growing volume OF
supplies for its Allies across the
Atlantic.
Better than when h e British
forces in North Africa stood with
their backs to Alexandra and Msr.
shal Rommers Alrika Korps poised
for a plunge through the Middle
East to keep a date with TOTO.
A multitude OF factors, on the
hattlefronts and in the factories,
have combined to change the cry
from the desperate "can we hold
emp" to "where should we hit
en- next"
Since Pearl Harbor, more than
1861 names have gone onto the
casualty lists of the armed forces,
about $1,000 dead.
In early 1912, there were a few,
scattered suggestions that the tide
was turning; Allied sea- and air
forces began seHdino .Ta'@"',.o' SO
fighting ships and transports to
he bottom in the Southwest Pa
c;fic.
But the real threat to the Sc
curity of our Pacific coast. says
General George C. Marshall, Army
chief of staff, was reac hed in June,
1912. when a large Japanese task
Continued Oh Page Two. Col. y
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CARRIER FORCES
Tokyo Claims 20 OF 100
Attacking Planes Were
Shot Down
SEA-BORNE ATTACK
Allied Spokesman Forecast
Greater Battles Next
Year On Nips
(By The Associated Press)

(By The Associated Press)
Strong carrier forces have
attacked the Marshall islands
northwest of the Gilbert is
lands, the Navy announced
Monday night on the eve of
the second anniversary of
Pearl Harbor, and American
submarines have sunk II
more japanese cargo ships.
The Marshall islands in the
mid-Pacific have been re-
peatedly raided by Army
bombers, but this was the
first announcement of a sea-
borne air attack. The attack
was made last. Saturday on
the heels of another attack
by the Army's Seventh Air
Force bombers. No details
were available.
Planes Claimed
A Tokyo broadcast reporting
the raid early, claimed that 20 Of
the 100 attacking American planes
were shot down. carrier and a
heavy cruiser sunk, ard two other
Allied war ships damaged.
The latest report o! our under
sea toll Oh japanese merchant
shipping brought to SIS the num-
Der of enemy shins taat have been
sunk in the Pacific. Yesterdays
announcement listed ten freight
ers and one large tsnker as the
newest prey of the submarines.
While warplanes bombed the
Marshall islands, Nauru and Ka-
pingamarangi atoil: Allied spokes-
men forecast greater battles next
year and speculated On Japan's
ability to profit by her conquests
since Pearl Harbo1.
Enemy ''Reeling" =.
With the enemy "reeling from
unceasing pressure. General
H. H. Arnold wrote in the Army
and Navy Journal, tine offensive
will continue to mount until the
Axis has neither the will nor the
ability to resist"
Continued on Page Two; Col. a
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-07
Waste Paper Collection
Drive Is Launched Here

paper are available each month
and at least 667, 900 tons are urgent
Nv nee6ed each month to keep the
papes mills running. Considering
the fact that only 55o,00e tons are
now being obtained. 1871 tons
month are still needed. This shor-
taae now necessitates the closing
of Is paper mills and the part-tlme
operation of 100 more: .,e
The Brigade Boys club and inc
Junior Chamber of Commerce nave
taken the lead in this local local. paper per
. ss drive, but recently the
1 1s,o;oS Red cross and sorosis club
; saol volunteered their help: Per-
CONTINUED on Page Ien' oo'' -
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SPECIAL HOLIDAY"

, NEW YORK, Dec. s-LR)-The
ss l Manila radio
sdlo today that Jose P. Laurel,
puppet president Of the Philip
pneS' has designated the second
t tpnilSerSafy OF the Japanese at
, s, on Pearl Harbor as an "of-
s a.ial special holiday" and ap-
e pOAl'eo committee to take
>''ise Of the celebration.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-07
CALEAzzO ClAN0
REPORTED KILLED
Mussolini's Son In Law
Said Executed By Fir
ing Squad In Italy

BERN, Dec g. R An uncon-
firmed report from the Swiss-1ta-
liam frontier tonight said that
Count Galeazzo C1ano, former
Fascist. foreign minister of Italy,
had been executed by a firing
squad today as traitor OF the
old regime of Benitc Mussolini.
his father-in-laW
(The German news agency DNB
broadcast a denial quoting ''com-
petent Italian quarters In Nail
occupied Milan DND said the
trial against Count Ciano has not
begun YETI *.' 3.
The frontier report transmitted
by the Swiss Telegraph Agency,
Continued on Page Two; Col. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-07

In true form of the fact that VIII
mington has gone over the top in
every drive launched this year,
the Victory Waste Paper campaign
opened with a bang Monday when
5000 pounds Of paper was collect
ed during the first day of this
drive, according to an announce
nent made Monday evening by
w. A. Stewart, director of the To-
cal salvage committee.
The goal of 10000 pounds set
for this city shouldn't be too hard
to obtain with start like this,
Stewart continued.
National salvage officials est.
innate that 1880, 900 tons Of scrap
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-07
HISTORIC MEET
Plans For World Family Of
Nations To Danish War
Are Also Laid
EAST, WEST, SOUTH
Top Military Minds OF U.
S.. Britain Present To
Pool Their Genius
(By The Associated Press)

\by Inc ASSOcldteu ITeSS)
CAIRO, Dec. 6 - Leaders
of the greatest Allied powers
the United States, Russia
and Britain-in historic con-
ference in ancient Persia
reached full agreement to
crush Germany by concerted
blows from the east, west and
south, it was disclosed today,
and laid plans for a world
family of Democratic nations
to "banish the scourge and
terror of war for many gene
rations."
This most significant of all
wartime meetings, bringing
President Roosevelt, Prime
Minister Churchill and Pre-
mier Stain together for the
first time, was held in Tehe-
ran, capital of storied Iran
(Persia) for four days, from
Nov. % to Dec. /.
Extreme Cordially
The conference, further tipping
the scales of defeat against Ger
many by inconlsstable unity Of
three chiefs Oh state said to have
met lin extreme coroiality.' came
as the Allies massec strength in
the west and in the Mediterranean.
with Russia already pressing in
from the east.
Further indicating that the blows
from west and south may not long
be delayed, the topnost military
chieftains of America and Britain
pooled their genus again in meet
lngs from Friday through today in
Cairo after returning from Tehe-
ran. Churchill joined them. The
whereabouts of President Roose-
welt since ne left Teheran Dec. 2
were not disclosed.
(Stalins safe arrival back in
Moscow was announced Monday
night.)
The big three" and their mill
tary staffs at Teae,ar concerted
our plans for the destruction of
the German forces" declared the
joint communioue released here,
and signed simply by Roosevelt,
Stain, Churchill"
Complete Agreement
1--WE have reached c ompl e e
agreement as to the scope and
timing of operations which will be
undertaken from the east, west
and south.
1.-THE m m on understanding
which we have here reached guar
antees thai victory viii be ours"
it asserted in measured words Of
doom for Hitlerism.
AS to the pea1e, we are sure
that our concord vii, make it an
enduring peace" ano 1--WE shall
seek the cooper alton and active
participation Of all nations, large
and small, whose peoples in heart
and mind are dedicated, as are
our own peoples, to the elinina-
ton of tyranny end slavery, op-
ression and intolerance. We will
welcome them as they may choose
to come mt world family of dem
ocratic nations.
mo power on earth can pre-
mo power on earth can pre-
vent our destroying the German
armies by land. theii U-boats by
sea, and their war plants from
Continued on Page Two; Col. q
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-07
Winter Offensive
Against Nazis Seen
As Farley Result

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6. Up
- The agreement of the Al
lied 'big three" at Teheran on
q master plan to defeat Ger
many may mean that Anglo
American strategIsts will ac-
cept the hazards of bad weather
in order to strike hard on new
fronts while the Reds Army
winter offensive is at it's peak.
The official announcement to-
day Of the conference Of Pres
ident Roosevelt, Prime Minis
ter Churchill and Marshal Sta
lin Of course gave no hint of
time or place-the guns and
bombs of the invading forces
will disclose both. But it pro-
missed assaults from the south,
west and east and gave assur-
ance that "our attacks will be
relentless and unceasing."
In the light of Stalin's repeat
ed demands for a new land
front in the west, plus increas-
ing evidence that preparations
for opening such front have
gone much further thar is gen.
orally supposed, this announce
ment of the Teheran agreement
focused attention on the pos
sibility that the final three
way assault on the continent is
imminent.
This speculation took note Of
the sudden increase In Allied
pressure against the Germans
in Italy during the last week,
the growing indications that
Turkey may join the Allies
on Page Two; Col. 3
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tones Wants
Quick Action
On Subsidies
n.mocratic Leaders, Move
Runs Into Snag At
Senate Hearings
VIEW is SECONDED
WA Chief Says Delay
May Create Confusion
Among Farmers

WASHINGTON, DEC. G.
pa quiet move by Demo
m ers+ic leaders for a 6O-day
r nlostponement of the Senate
y To on the house bill to re-
n rosI food subsidies Jan. l
p strlck a snag today when
War W Food Administrator
Marvin Jones declared such
,'r delav might create confus-
i'm and hamper the 1914 food
PRODUCTION program.
In testimony before the
Senate banking committee
lines said Congress should
d decide at once whether the
biIiion dollar-a-year subsidy
nrogram is to be continued
NJ abolished so that price con-
tnI agencies and farmers
could lay their plans accord
iHgly for next year.
Hutson TestifIes
PRESIDENT j. B. Hutson of the
ramrjodity Credit Corporation,
which pays out most of the SUBJ
gdy money seconded Jones view
,ni farm bloc Ieaders-supporting
tss subsidy repeal leeislation-an-
rOrrcei the7 would press for con-
cIdn Of tee Senate banking COM
mittee Aea -lngs ty Thursday with
view Of getting the bill to the
Senate floor next week.
Like other administration wit
nesses. Jones and Hutson condemn
ed the provisions OF the House bill
that would require feed prices to
price initiation ara si1atetring OF
President Roosevelt's hold-the-line
policy. !
If prices are raised on even a
few selected food items on which |
prices now are being supported
through subsidies. you are going
10 be contracted wit, pressures to !
raise them all along the line"
Jones asserted.
Proposal Attacked
IN attacking the proposal that
the subsidy showdown in the Sen
ate be postponed fol 60 days, to
permit Democratic senators to
caucus alter a tentatively-sched-
uled holiday recess a home, Jones
said:
Nothing is as upsetting as I'M
certainty ] want to know what
the 1914 program is going to be,
and know farmers want to know
because it takes time, work and
planning to produce food"
Senator Taft (R.-Ohlo) challeng-
ed the authority of the Commodity
Credit Corporation to pay a dairy
iced subsidy to 3,0o' oO0 dairyrnen,
'ohtenolng Congress never intend
ID that this type Of payment be
made to oflse. increased f e e d
COSTS de said tina, milk prices
pad to producers should be raised
instead through government price
'upport
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-07

The following review Of the
second year Of. war in the
South Pacific was written. by
the commander of the South
Pacific force and South Pacific
area and distributed by the As
ISOLATED Press.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-07
BY ADM. WILLIAM f.. HALSEY,
UNITED STATES NAVY .,

The year of South Pacific war;
fare that ended On August s. 1913.
had been a difficult one for the
Allied forces. Looking back upon
il, from initial set-backs to the
moment when, at $4,000, g p.m)
on August 5, last, our combined
Army and Marine units, supple
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-07
Anniversary Finds Allies
Ready For Blows At Axis
BY ELTON C. FAY .
ASSOCIATED Press Staff Writer)

How goes the battle after two years?
Considerably better than it going at Z 55 A. M,
Hawaiian time Sunday, December Z, 1941, when Japa
planes swooped out of the clouds and blasted sub
stantial chunk out of Pacific fleet
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F3nAncial
Money To toan
Hospitals Call For
Volunteer Helpers

Ann Arbor. Oct. 4-Unlyersiiy
Hospital and St Josephs Mercy
Hospital are making an earnest
appeal rnr -YnluutEer- worknra
through the Civilian Defense Vol.
unteer Once. The demands OF tho
armed forces and war plants with
tho return OF students 20 school
this fall have taken many ~ tho
hospitals former helpers and this
hospitals find Themselves faced
with serious shortage ~ help.
Hospital authorities say that per.
sons with n fow hours OF leisure
time can mi in and bo OF lnestim-
able Va,ue.
Volunteers are found In most or
the wards and in many depart.
ments at present Hospital aids
are needed 20 relieve nurses for
technical duties for which they ars
trained. Tho volunteer super.
visors can place volunteers I'm tho
kind OF work In which they nre
most interested and whore they
viii be the most useful Appoint.
ments can be made with q super.
visor.
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WASHINGTON ms Sen Tom
Connally (D) Tex. chairman Of tho
Foreign Relations Committee. be-
gan drafting resolution today de-
claring Congress In favor Of Amer
lean membership In Il group OF ma
lions pledged to preserve peace.
Connally acted on specific instruc.
TONS OF an elght.member subcom-
mlttee which called for r simple
statement OF Americna position,
having no controversial elements
and containing no definite commit
ments at this time.
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