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Evening star., 1943-11-13
Russiiu
Continued From First Page.

Caucasus will be pouring over in
crushing strength into the
Crimea.'D
West. of Kiev. the Russians were
less than IS miles from the prewar
Polish border. Other forces of Gen
Vatutin's 1st Army were pushing
southwest toward Berdichev, on the
rail line to Warsaw. In the south
the Red Army was poised on the
banks of the Dneiper River, opposite
Kherson, and approximately 100
miles from the frontier of Bessa-
rabia, which Rumania wrested from
Russia in 1941.
Can Associated Press dispatch
from Istanbul quoted reports
from Budapest, published in the
Turkish newspaper Aksham, as
saying the Russian advance to-
ward Rumania has stirred panic
in that country, especially Bessa-
rabia. r..
THE Budapest dispatch added:
1T is believed here that Hitler is ;
about to demand total Rumanian
mobilization : in return for a
promise to defend Rumania Dor.
ders to the last.")
Evening star., 1943-11-13
Nelson Due 10 Direct
Two Jobs at WpB
After Wilson Leaves
BY the Associated Press.


Major changes in the top COM
mand Of the War Production Board
shaped up today, with Executive
Vice Chairman Charles E. Wilson
returning to private industry and
Chairman Donald M. Nelson resum-
ing active control of both operations
and policy
Informed sources said Yesterday
without official confirmation, that
Mr.. Nelson had finally accepted the
resignation of his right-hand man
He yielded to the argument that Mr.
Wilson. formerly president of Gen.
eral Electric Co., has whipped the
major production problems - pri-
marily those of aircraft and escort
vessels-which brought him to
Washington IA months ago. Mr.
Wilson is expected to leave about
the first of the year.
Speculation whether Mr.. Nelson
too. would resign was quieted by a
reliable report that he has indicated
Willingness to stay as head of WIPE
and also to do such planning for the
demobilization Of industry as NAV
be assigned to him.
Mr.. Nelson repeatedly has visited
the White House to ascertain the
extent to which he will figure in
plans for the postwar reconversion
OF industry, and some clarifcation
is expected soon. The point has been
IN question since the recent appoint
ment OF Bernard M. Baruch as di-
rector of the postwar adjustment
unit Of the ONCE of War Mobiliza
ton.
The convincing plea in the Will
son resignation was said to be that
ne Is urgently needed by General
Electric. The firm is one of the
biggest producers of war goods.
Evening star., 1943-11-13
Carriers Triumph
Disproves Jap Naval
Claims, Knox Says
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
A one-sided triumph by an Amer
lean aircraft carrier against four
groups of attacking Japanese planes
Is termed by Secretary of Navy
Knox as the nearest approach to
any real naval action In the South
Pacific recently.
He told of the incident, in which
large percentage" of the attack
Ing torpedo planes and bombers was
shot down and mot a dent" made
IN the big carrier, in declaring to a
press conference yesterday that
Japanese claims Of a naval victory
IN that area are completely cock
eyed" and fantastic.
The Secretary added that no de-
tails Of the engagement could be
disclosed now, but promised COM
plete reports later.
Mr.. Knox said in broad review
that the United Nations have
achieved telling mastery of air,
surface and underwater" activities
In all areas.
Jap Navy Refuses Battle.
There is no question Of domina-
tion in the Solomons, the Mediter-
ranean, over Germany and France,
the English Channel and Great
Britain he said, "and the United
Nations, as represented by Russia,
dominate the air on the Russian
'front.'"
On the surface, he said, naval
vessels all over the Atlantic, Medi-
terranean and Pacific are seeking
action, but finding very few enc
mics to fight"
Asked about reports that a Japa-
nese fleet might be en- route to the
Solomons, he said such reports were
wrong and added, 1--WE have given
them abundant chances to come out
and fight and they have declined"
n U-Boats Sunk by United States.
Turning to the antisubmarine
battle in the Atlantic. Mr.. Knox
said that of the so Nazi submarines
destroyed in August, September and
October, q were sent down by
United States forces and the re-
mainder by British and Canadian
units.
OF the II credited to American
forces, he said, 81 were accounted
for by carrier-based aircraft. De-
stroyers sank two and the others
were credited as follows: Long
range patrol planes, l; surface
ship-carrier plane team, /; Army
aircraft, !, and combined Army
Navy air team, /.
In the air fighting against Japan,
Mr.. Knox said, the battling in the
Northern Solomons continues to go
all in our favor"
Evening star., 1943-11-13
House Tax Bill Debate
Set for November u;
Passage Foreseen
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
House debate on the new $2,l42,-
900, 900 tax bill will begin November
%, with proposed increases in liquor
excises and postal rates likely to be
the main target of congressional
criticism.
AS Speaker Rayburn set the date
yesterday for the bills first test on
the floor, indications were that the
legislation viii go to the Senate with
little. II any, change.
When the measure reaches the
Senate, the administration probably
will renew efforts In behalf OF its
SIC, SOC, ,000, 900 additional revenue
program. which the House Ways and
Means Committee repudiated. ..
Some tax leaders want to take the
legislation to the House floor under
a closed rule which woull permit
only amendments offered by the
committee. Representative Knutson
Of Minnesota, Ways and Means Re-
publican leader, supported that idea,
saying, you can't write a new tax
bill on the House floor"
However, Representative Hartley
OF New Jersey, ranking minority
member OF the House Post Once
Committee, called for an open rule
to permit an amendment striking
from the bill a section placing
higher postal rates on some classes
Of mail. He said the postal rates
should be referred to the Post Once
Committee "for proper considera-
tion."
Representative Celler. Democrat,
OF New York indicated he would
battle the committees boost In the
excise on liquor, from So to 50
gallon. He contended the increase
would return "bootlegging and hi
jacking."
The bill makes virtually no
changes in the burdens on indi-
vidual and corporation incomes.
Most of the added revenue would be
gained from higher postal rates.
boosted excises on so-called luxuries
and by an increase of the corpora
ton excess profits tax from 80 to
95 per cent.
The postal section increases the
in-town letter rate from 2 to 3
cents and hikes the airmail rate
from 6 to 8 cents.
Evening star., 1943-11-13
Walsh Found Not Guilty
Of Negligent Homicide

(From Yesterdays Late Editions.)
A Municipal Court jury today
found Daniel J. Walsh, 43, of 1855
Abbey place NE, not guilty of a
negligent homicide charge in con-
nection with the death July % of
Mrs. Mary Gentzler, Al, of 30 Frank
lin street NE.
The car, in which Mr. Walsh, Mrs.
Gentzler and her husband were rid
ing. struck the Garfield statue at
First street and Maryland avenue
S. w. Mr.. Walsh was driver OF the
car
Evening star., 1943-11-13
Baltimore Fire FotoI
To Retired Builder, 80
BY the Associated Press.

EE inc NSS0clhted Pfess,
BALTIMORE. Nov. 13.-James
Mathis. 80, retired builder. was
burned to death today in 4 fire that
wrecked his basement apartment
and forced four other persons to
fee the building.
Evening star., 1943-11-13
Arabs Oppose Further
immigration Of Jews
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
JERUSALEM, Nov. IA confer
ence OF delegates representing eight
Palestine Arab Chambers Of Com
merce adopted resolutions yesterday
opposing any further immigration Of
Jews to Palestine and urging that no
more land be sold to Jews.
Evening star., 1943-11-13
roffic Accidents Rise

Trafflc accidents are increasing in
Buenos Aires. Argentina, and the
chief of police has appealed to the
people to Cooperate with traffic Off
GERS.
Evening star., 1943-11-13

Make 1t . thrifty Christmas-give
War bonds. Keep on backing the
attack,
Evening star., 1943-11-13
Nozis to Shoot Civilians
Out at Night in Milan

BY the Associated Press.
BERN, Switzerland, Nov. 13.-Civil-
ians appearing on the streets of
Milan after 8 pm. will be shot on
the spot. Nazi authorities have
warned as state of siege was
clamped on the North Italian indus
trial city in retaliation for a new
surge OF sabotage and attacks
against German troops.
If you are \ red -blooded American
citizen you can prove it by calling
Blood Donor Center, District $500.
They will make an appointment ut
your convenience.
Evening star., 1943-11-13
FOUND.

COCKER SPANIEL. Call AT O6es.
PUPPY. brown with white spots, found ir
WRIST WATCH found Nov In Chillun
area. Call GE 933s after pm.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-10-17
The Civic Council

Civic Council in Wilmington has great
potentialities. Composed, as planned, of lead
ers in civic organizations and meeting at reg
ular periods to thresh out proposals for the
clty's advancement and particularly for uni
Tying activities concerned with community cul-
tural, educational, religious, business and civic
betterment, the organization can exercise a
tremendous influence upon the future desti-
MES of the entire area
But it is worth while to point out that the
attainment of major detectives will be pos
sble only through perseverance. The coun-
ellis success will depend in large measure
upon its perpetuaton. Only through long-ranee
effort can it count on achievement.
For this reason, which we believe is self
evident, it is important that in the selection
OF a permanent chairman greatest care is
necessary to be sure that he possesses not
only the qualities of leadership but also has
the time to devote to the job and is not easily
discouraged diverted.
There are such men in Wilnington's civic
organizations. We sincerely hope that one
from their number will be chosen when the
Council meets on Tuesday afternoon.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-10-17
More OPA Distress

Recause the OPA learns little about regional
presented to it, failure after failure marks its
course. Much in the manner of typhoid car
riers. it spreads distress wherever it goes.
A case in point is the ceiling prices on a
group of vegetables, established without fore
warning and in violation Of a promise that
they would not be set up until later in the
month"; R. W. Galphin, New Hanover county
farm agent, who attended meeting at Wash
ington, N. c., when the ceilings were an
nounced to farmers in this region, says that
if they are enforced we are in for serious
food shortage next year because farmers
cannot and will not produce vegetables at
such a loss,' meaning the difference between
cost of production and delivery to market on
the one hand and the price they may receive
on the other.
The OPA has set the price at $1.15 a half
crate. Ehunerating separate costs to get it
to market, he declares the total is $1.44 IL.
The grower must either absorb % IL loss
or not produce lettuce at all
The figures he quotes could have been dis
covered by the OPA, but as everybody knows
the OPA is interested only in the figures 1t
produces for itself, and being arbitrary closes
it's ears and mind to all others. As lettuce
is a principal crop Of New Hanover county
truck growers, 1t Is obvious that the farmers
and the county will lose a prime source of
revenue.
The case Of snap beans and the other vege-
tables subjected to new ceiling prices is much
the same. Where a minor margin OF paper
profit is shown, 1t disappears as soon as the
costs of operating farm are brought into
the picture.
Southeastern North Carolina farmers are
uniting in protest against the high-handed &C.
ton of OPA. We wish them success. but are
dubious. Other groups have tried the same
thing and failed. Farmers and consumers
might as well devote their attention to ersatz
from this time forward The OPA seems de-
termined to make natural foods too costly.
Nothing is left but substitutes -sawdust and
WORKOUT shoes and such.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-10-17
In Interest Of Efficiency

The City of Wilmington takes credtable
step forward with the introduction Of new
rules governing personnel, designed to in.
crease individual efficiency among tho aoa
employees.
Elsewhere In this issue of the Star.News
the regulations as promulgated by Civ Man.
ager A. c. Nichols appear at some length
It is not necessary, therefore, to review them
in detail here But we are happy to commend
them, and especially the provision which dis.
courages political activities by any member
Of the municipalities staff of workers.
Too many cities are cursed by what IS
commonly and often correctly known as =
"City Hall gang" If the new policy is sed,,.
lousy carried out Wilmington will never have
to bear this stigma.
The provisions for regular vacations and
sick leave, for promotion and transfer. for
observance of legal holidays, and absence
from post in case Of illness or death in the
family all seem to have been prepared with
mutual consideration for the employee and the
city government, with equal fairness for all
concerned.
BY the same token, and also in the interest
of efficiency, the regulations are commenda.
BILE for their provisions governing demotions
and disciplinary measures.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-10-17
Speaks Out In Meeting

Because the American pulpit for the most
part has carefully bypassed political discus
sion during the war emergency, 1t is impress
sive and significant when a pastor SO far
digresses from the custom as to assail the
present governmental trend toward bureau
cratic control.
This is what the Rev. DR.. Henry Darlington,
rector of the Church Of the Heavenly Rest,
New York City, did. His sermon climaxed
the massing of the colors at St. Thomas
church, which was preceded by an hour-long
parade in Fifth avenue.
The growth of bureaucracy at Washington
and government by directives, "superceding
the Constitution and Law he said, consti-
tute grave dangers to the nation. Such gov
eminent should be stopped at once or I'VE
will find that those liberties for which today
our blood is shed have been irretrievably
lost, and that the freedom we sacrificed to
maintain for mankind has evaporated at
home.
We wonder If the truth Of Dr. Darlington's
message could by any possibility penetrate
The sacred precincts of bureaucratic Wash
lngton?
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-10-17
Nurse Recruitment Lays

The Red Cross crusade for nurses with the
armed forces is falling far behind.
The recruitment In September is fair ex.
ample. The monthly quota is $500. In Sep.
TENDER 1929 signed up.
It was the fifth month in succession that
applications fell off which, In view of the fact
that 400 new hospitals are to be opened In
all theaters OF war during the next year,
creates a grave situation.
Are the increasing number Of casualties
among our men in the armed services to
languish unattended? Are fatalities to mount
because nurses are not on hand to give es-
sential service?
These are questions nurses must answer
for themselves. 1t is not easy to believe that
they can appease their consciences with a
negative reply.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-10-17
AS Others Say 1t
CIGARETTE CRISIS

The cigarette consumer who has
promised himself or herself that
some day he or she is going to cut
down on his or her smoking learn
ed this week, from a Department
Of Commerce, report, that the ex-
act date is likely to fall in the year
1914. More than tWo-fifths of our
cigarettes are going abroad. In
1910 our production was almost
exactly enough to allow every in
habitant four cigarettes a day, not
considering exports. Since most
young children and quite few
adults don't smoke, or don't smoke
cigarettes, the supply was ade-
quate. If two-fifths of our allow
ance is Withdrawn we shall be
down to about two and two-fifths
cigarettes year. One can imagine
what will happen then. The nose
and throat doctors may lose some
of their customers. Well-dressed
ladies and gentlemen may be seen
picking up butts in the streets.
The gum business will thrive. De-
corative little pipes for women
will make their appearance in
large numbers. Plug tobacco may
have a renaissance, and with it
the spittoon, though the latter IL
tensils will be of plastic rather than
brass.
Yet we do not suppose the Rep
ubic will perish. The other great
war, as every one knows, led to
a great increase in cigarette smok-
ing. Women including aunts and
grandmothers, first asked their
male friends to blow some their
way and then learned, by patient
that the way to light
a flag is to inhale, not exhale, as
the match is applied. But in 1920,
after this social revolution was
well under way, only enough Gig
arettes were manufa ctured to give
every man, woman and child one
and one-third a day. We are re-
to simpler ways, but not
quite to pioneer conditions.
New York Times.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-10-17
Ne1u Light Is Thro1un
On Puzzle OF Africa

British would participate in the
invasion, and the first British
troops landed, Crawford reports
disguised as Americans.
This is great deal of apparently
authenticated material in the brief
book. Contrary to the usual liberal
interpretation, Murphy appears as
a very effective American repre-
sentative, and de Gaulle as some
thing more than trial to Roose-
welt and Churchill. An overstrict
censorship, combined with military
exlgencies, prevented the fact s
from being correctly interpreted.
Crawford insists. And the report
ers assigned to the battlefront were
too busy with the fighting to paw
much attention to diplomatic de-
velopments, which were out of their
field anyway. Crawford, the lib
eral, for example, was prepared
to dislike Murphy, but is forced
to the conclusion that he did a
good job. A revealing incident
came in his desire to see at first
hand the French concentration
camps for political refugees which
were the subject of bitter dispute
IN America. involving State De-
partment policy. When the trip
started, Crawford was alone. The
news at the front was just too big
1of the war correspondents.
Without taking sides, the Craw-
ford book provokes certain
thoughts. Americans have got to
learn how complicated are Euro
pean politics. 1t just will not do
to plump for one particular hero
and forget all other considerations.
Parenthetically, Crawford records
that one editor told him on his
return that he was so far COM
united to de Gaulle that he could
not allow additional facts to in
fluence his judgment anyway.
Another thought is that it would
be wise to sprinkle trained political
correspondents among the wa r
writers at, or near, the front. Ulti-
mately, this phase will overshadow
even the battles.
Finally, there is the question of |
postwar gratitude" Crawford is
dubious about this. America has
found allies and is lucky to have
them. America is trying to make
a better world. But America is
also fighting in its own self-inter-
est. to preserve it's own security
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-10-17
Water Turning Brackish

II the federal officials with jurisdiction over
such matters could be in Wilmington and have
TO 60 to n pump for drinking water, they
probably would not be reluctant to grant nee
essary authority for placing the city's new
source Of water supply above the dam at
Kings Bluff.
Certainly they would not compel the city
10 take its water from 4 Hoods Creek intake
which offers little improvement over the pres
snt TONERS Creek reservoir.
Salt infiltration due to autumnal high tides
and inadequate rainfall on the Cape Fear
watershed may be nearly as great at Hoods
Creek as at TONERS Greek.
Wilmington appears to face another period
Of salt water in It's mains. Already 1t is
unpalatable. The city has opened its new
wells and certain business firms, as usual
invite consumers to use their private wells
But whatever may be said tor this gesture it
is still true that Wilmington deserves to get
its water from source free from salt the
year around.
The city was done a disservice when the
Kings Bluff project was turned down in favor
of Hoods Creek.
It is not only the inconvenience Of consum-
ers that deserves consideration. The costs
they face through damage to boilers and
plumbing from salt water should not be ig-
nored=
There is no way now to sidestep the an
noyance. inconvenience and expense of another
salt water period this year. It is assuredly
the duty of federal authorities to provide
against possible repetition next year ana all
years to come by granting whatever priorities
are needed to place the intake at Kings Bluff
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-10-17
SOUND WAVES KILL

Since the dawn of history man
mas been iaventing more fiendish
weapons with which to kill.
Now, navy officers say, it is
possible to kill with sound waves.
Finding men dead from no ap-
parent reason, with no marks on
their bodies, medical men inves-
tigated and discovered that sound
from a torpedo for example &C
tuaay travels so hard and fast
that it takes human life without
Leaving trace.
Terrible as it is, this is war, no
more horrible than many of its
other phases, and friend and foe
alike must continue to endure
these hazards until our victory is
won and peace restored to the
tortured peoples of the earth.
Topeka (Kans. lCapital.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-10-17
House Committee May
Widen Investigation
Of Plane Production

WASHINGTON, Oct. l6~ " H.,
A House Naval sub commute o.i
called quietly for a conllu q n,
War Production Board Iep0- .ag
plane production, with a 5n,' ,
possibility that it may %losg
current investigation IN bIeM [eot.,
Aeronautical Corporation Sl-''
to cover other plants. ,..,t
The move came as a u~ n,
result of a claim by Bre"slI ~,
ficials that their production ' .es
admittedly far behind Navy W. ",
dulles, is not at the bottom ''
WPB list of plane produceIs.. r,,
eff there are other plane Lla ar
facturers with records as d. D.,
dalous as that at Brewster tI'
Mas (R-Minn), the colnn-''s, ~
ranking minority member VA VA
his colleagues, then let - .,o
out who they are and what ca
be done to correct the sitla'-9''
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-10-17
By RICHARD l.. sTOIrT

Kenneth Crawford. formerly O.
PM, now of Newsweek, went tt
Algiers last summer and in his
book, Report on North Africa, s.
just published. brought back the
most complete story of h de
Gaulle-Giraud controversy l have
seen.
The matter has a ashington
angle because Crawford was head
of news bureau here and is an
experienced political writer, con.
trary to most of the reporters on
the Mediterranean front who are.
he found, largely vigorous, young
sports writer's unused to tortuous
diplomatic intrigues. This has a
bearing on what follows.
The sum total of what he reports
is that American-British forces in
their North Africa invasion diplo-
macy followed the path of military
opportunism. They were willing to
play ball with any French faction.
Churchill had built up and SUBJ
sidized the de Gaulle group. Roos-
evelt kept contact with Marshal
Petain at Vichy. There was little
if any real contrast between these
two seemingly divergent policies,
according to this Interpretation.
Crawford interviewed tn e still
unrepentant General Nogues, who
resisted the American landing. His
loyalty was, and is, to the Lyautey
tradition and to Frances Morocco.
This is apt to be the attitude of
certain other French segments, he
believes. Roosevelt left de GaulIe
and the Free French out of his
initial calculations, because they
had little active following among
North African civilians, American
Consul Robert Murphy, with his
conspiratorial staff of 40, collabo-
rated with Weygand, Darlan, and
later Giraud, simply because, by
doing SO, they saved American
lives in landing, and helped to
protect their backs in the life-and-
death days that followed.
Incidentally, at one time Wev-
gand was half-promised that no