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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-08
Government Regulations
Protested By Farmers

said he would call upon Fellers
in his office if the chairman had
not resigned. He added:
"And if it's a rainy day like to-
day, there might be some other
farmers in town with me-
Three weeks ago group of
farmers visited AAA offices in
York, Wabash and Franklin town.
ships and destroyed records, the
state AAA office reported in
Columbus. Then on the night of
March 20 a band of men entered
Fellers' home at nearby Arcanum,
Fellers, reported, and demand
ed that he resign by Saturday "or
else"
Mannix said farmers in
his county felt there had been dis
elimination in rationing of imple-
men:s and gasoline for non-high-
way use. An AAA advisory COM
Continued on Page Three; Col. u
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-08

LONDON April 7.-lR-U. S. I'm
dersecretary of State Edward R.
Stettinius Jr, arrived today for
series of important sessions with
British officials which are expect
ed to pave the way for another
big three conference and he told
interviewers that the Axis last
desperate hope of dividing the AL
lies by creating suspicion and dis
trust had failed signally.
Stettinius declared that "the
United Nations will not relinquish
the cooperation and unity which
has brought us already so far
along the road to victory
The enemy now has learned
what mighty blows we can strike
when our men. our weapons and
our leadership are combined in a
common cause; he said.
The suave. white haired under
secretary came with small, ex-
pert staff so constituted it could
collect background information for
President Roosevelt's use in the
event of another conference with
Prime Minister Churchill and Pre-.
mier Stain.
Speculation that Stettinius is
serving as an advance agent for
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-08
WHITEVILLE AUTO
DEALER IS HELD

RALEIGH, April Paul ]. Viii.
hanson, prominent automobile
dealer of Whiteville, is now under
bond of $500 for his appearance
before Wilmington term U. S.
Court on April "a to face OPA
charges of selling automobiles at
prices above the ceiling level.
The announcement was made
here today by Theodore S. John
son, Raleigh district OPA director,
who said The OPA charges Will
hanson on twer ty-two counts of
which include the sale Of
cars above the ceiling price and
the alledgeo attempt to evade the
price regulations by marking
down the allowance on traded-in
used automobiles
Included in the transactions,
which OPA charges were in viola
ton. is the sale of 1942-model
SUPER deluxe two-door car to the
City of WhiteviDe for S1,025 when
the OPA ceiling price was ST.
1886. johnson said OPA charges
that Williamson said the trade-in
price on a car offered in purchase
for the new vehicle was $500, but
the invoice showed that he sold
the new car at the ceiling price
and only allowed $58.36 for the
used car offered in trade.
Williamson was arrested upon
notice from Assistant District At
torney Charles F. Rouse, of Will
mington, and released under bond
for his appearance in Wilmington
U. S. Court.
OPA charges that transactions
found to be in violation of OPA
regulations were made by William
son in late 1913 and early 1914.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-08
FDR PIONEERING
FRENCH PROBLEM
Implies No Pre- Invasion
Recognition OF Algiers
Committee

WASHINGTON, April 7 up -
President Roosevelt asserted TODAY
that the principle of self-determi-
nation is the core of American
policy toward France and, by i'm.
plication, he ruled out any prein.
vaslon recognition of the French
committee Of National Liberation.
Mr.. Roos=velts position has been
stated formally to the British with
whom there must be agreement on
the ORDERS to be issued by the
combined chiefs of staff to General
Dwight D Eisenhower before the
invasion of western Europe. AS yet.
the British have made no reply.
Today's discussion of the French
question by the chief executive at
news conference was his first
since he announced March II that
he had arrived at a decision. 1t
conceded with an announcement in
London that Undersecretary o
State Edward R Stettinius has ar
rived there for lions with
the British Foreign Office. stettin-
lus may seek to clarity the Ameri-
can position to the British and
II necessary urge an early decision
tor JOINT action through the COM
bined chiefs of staff.
Pending the issuance of orders
by this top military board, French
officers assigned by the committee
to Eisenhower's headquarters are
not officially able to cooperate in
preparations for ruling liberated
areas of France.
Mr.. Roosevelt touched on these
other diplomatic questions:
Italian-the arnistice terms i'm.
posed on Italy remain primarily OF
military importance and the Presi-
dent said he die not believe their
disclosure could be expected soon.
Elsewhere it was learned that the
Allied Advisory Council for Italy
will take UP this week the question
Of reconstituting the Badoglio
Government. an action dependent
upon retirement of King Vittorio
Emanuele which is already being
arranged. Anti-fascist political par
ties have been unwilling to go into
the government as long as the
king remains.
BALKAN - The president said
1t was true that Prince Barbu Stir
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THREE MEN HELD
ON 0PA CHARGES

CHARLOTTE, April 7-tR-Three
men were ordered held under
bond after hearing here tonight
before U. S. Commissioner Nat
C.. White on charges in connection
with alleged traffic in counterfeit
gasoline coupons.
Bill Briles of High Point was
arrested here shortly after noon,
and his story, OPA officers John
H. Wills and w. F. Parrish said,
led to the arrest Of T. B. Sexton
and Frank George Washington
league of Charlotte.
Briles pleaded guilty, while Sex
ton denied any knowledge of the
illegal transaction charged to
them. After the hearing, OPA Of
ficers left for High Point to ar
rest other men who were involved
by the testimony here.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-08
ATTACK ON SWISS
TOWN PROTESTED

WASHINGTON, April 7. - up -
lharles Bruggman, Swiss minister
e e' today presented Secretary OF
oIale Hull oral representations ov-
81 me accidental American bonn
plngs of the Swiss city of Schaff-
hansen.
american Liberator bombers
carrying out a sweep against the
nelch accidently dropped explo-
s:Ves and incendiaries on the Swiss
city April l.
Inc Swiss minister asked an ex-
pianaton of the bombing, request
~ mat measures be taken to pre-
vent recurrence of such incidents,
a. pHo accepted HulPs promise that
@e United States would indemnify
o ~e swiss government and Swiss
'itlzens for the accident.
IN April 3, Hull issued state
tnehF expressing his deep regret
s s, the tragic bombing" and as
9ureo the Swiss government that
every precaution will be taken
w prevent insofar as is humanity
ft cs.le the repetition of this I'M
'0f(unate event."
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-08
us. AND BRITAIN
AIR TALKS END

LONDON. Saturday, April o.-'R
Concluding a four-day discussion
Of postwar civil aviation, repre-
sentatives OF the United States and
Great Britain announced early to-
day that the tvs governments had
agreed that international control
should govern considerable field
of technical matters"
The meetings were attended by
Adolf A. Berle, Jr., assistant U.
S. Secretary of State, DR.. Edward
Warner, vie chairman of the U.
S. Civil Aeronautics Board and
Lord Beaverbl COX, Lord Privy
Seal, as well as technical advisers.
They produced enough agreement
to Justify the expectation that fl
nal dispositions can be reached at
an international conference a
statement concerning the meetings
said.
They (the delegates) have in
mind that the government Of the
Soviet Union and other govern
ments would likewise enter into
conversations prior to such an in
ternational conference, the an
nouncement added.
While the meetings were in prog
ress here Russian representatives
met in Washington with Joseph c.
Grew, special assistant to the Sec
1etary of State; L. Welch Pogue,
chairman Of the Civil Aeronautics
Board, and W. A. M. Burden, as
sistant Secretary of Commerce for
air, for talks of similar scope af-
fecting nations which operated in
ternational air services before the
war and are planning to pick up
again.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-08
6 DIVISIONS CAUGHT
Mobile Units Race Around
Odessa's Flank Trap
ping Nazi Forces

LONDON, Saturday, April 8-tR
Russian troops attacking north
west of Odessa have trapped the
remnants of five or six German
divisions-perhaps $4,000 to $4,000
men-and begun wiping them out,
Moscow announced last night,
while other mobile units racing
around Odessa's western flank
smashed to within 10 miles of the
last German escape route into Ru-
mania with the capture of Mayaki
at the head of the Dniester estuary.
Rolling though go villages in a
narrowing siege arc around the
big Blafk Sea port the Russians
also captured Novaya-Dafinovka,
less than 10 miles northeast of the
prize city; Chebanka, II miles on
the east near the coast; Novaya
Emetovka, II miles on the north /;
and Karlstal, II miles on the
northwest.
The capture OF Mayaki in a 25-
mile lunge from Baden down the
east bank of the Dniester River
put the Red army within 10 miles
of Ovidiopo, ferry terminus on the
lower Dniester estuary and bottle.
neck in German attempts to rescue
thousands from imprilled Odessa
From Odessa a railway runs Il
miles southwest of Ovidiopol
whence ferries ply the four mile
wide Dniester to Alderman ir
lower Bessarabia. Thus a Sovie-
smash to Ovidiopol automatically
would seal off scores of thousands
of Germans battling other Russian
columns at the approaches to Odes
Sa.
The latest Russian trap was
sprung on the shattered German
divisions north of Razdelnaya, A
miles northwest of Odessa, and the
bulletin said 5000 Germans al
ready had been killed and more
than 1000 captured in two-day
battle Thursday and yesterday.
In the Skala trap far to the north
west the Russians also wiped GU
1000 more Germans Thursday
boosting the Axis toll to approx
mately $1,000 men in four days or
the basis of Moscow's announce
ments.
The Russians also were said II
have broken a German tank ane
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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-08
5000 Hungarians Join
Yugoslav Partisans,
Moscow Radio Claims

LONDON Saturday, April 8.-R
The Moscow radio reported early
todav that 5000 Hungarians had
gone over to the Yugoslav parti-
sans of Marshal Tito (Josip Broz)
with enough arms to equip half a
division.
The broadcast, recorded by the
Soviet Monitor, added that a bat
talon of Slovenes with first-class
arms had left General Mihailovic's
Chetniks and joined Tito recently.
The partisans themselves, in a
broadcast communique, said they
had recaptured the town of Mrkon-
iigrad and had inflicted heavy
losses in men and MATERIAL on
the Germans.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-08
NO BLOOD BATH
FOR YANK TROOPS
BY JAMES F. KING

WITH AN AMERICAN IMAM
TRY DIVISION SOMEWHERE IN
ENGLAND April 7.-tR-When the
Americans storm Adolf Hitler S
ramparts from the west they will
not wade into blood-bath but will
60 ''in there punching backed by
massed naval fire and air power. =
American infantry officers got
this straight from 1t. Gen. Omar
N. Bradley, who told them today
that assailing the Atlantic Wall will
be tough and the greatest show
on earth''-but asserted this stuff
about tremendous losses is TOM
myrot.''
"Some of you won't come back,
he said, ''but it will be very few
GIN the Tunisian campaign we
lost only an average of three o.
four men to 600 and certainly
seeing show like this ought to
be worth the chance"
Gen. Bradley told the men that
they would hav= air protection day
and night ard naval gunfire that
will surprise you. I have no fear
OF its outcome
The infantrymen were warned
that the Germans not only were
tough but were likely to play
dirty and Gen Bradley urged the
men not TO trust the Germans
very far. Sometimes they will
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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-08
JAPANESE CROSS
KEY ALLIED ROAD
Invasion Troops Drive
Across Imphal-Kohima
Highway In Burma

NEW DELHI, April 2 Up -
japanese invasion troops in India
have driver westward across the
Inphal-Kohima highway in the
heart of the Allied defense zone
and are beng holly engaged in the
jungles IS miles east of the Bengal
Assam railway, Amer1can-operated
supply lifeline for 1t. Gen. Joseph
W. Stilwell's forces in northern
Burma, it was announced today.
CA Berlin broadcast of Tokyo dis
patches declared that Japanese
troops were 'menacing" the rail-
road from an unstated distance,
and said confidently that when it
was cut the collapse of the Allied
campaign in North Burma would
"become inevitable A japanese
news agency dispatch recorded
by Reuters said japanese troops
were within sig miles of Imphal
from the East.
It had BEEN known since Sunday
that the invaders had installed road
blocks on the 60-1nile Imphal-Kohi-
ma road, completely isolating the
bis Allied base at Imphal except
by air, but today's communique
From Admiral Lord Louis Mount
batten's headquarters gave the
first indication thai this enemy
column had pressed on westward.
The vital Allied railway line at
which the entire japanese invasion
is aimed primarily is only about
IS miles from the Imphal-Kohima
highway al one point. There was
no additional news of japanese
forces which several days ago were
reported pressing through h e
Maya Hills forth of Kohima toward
the railroa1-
British and Indian troops de-
Tending ImF ha' itself against ia
panese formations pressing in from
the east ana south at the edge OF
the Manipur plain threw back
several small enemy attacks
Yesterday, Mountbatten's COM
munique announced. The IT h
Indian Division withdrawing up
the road from Tiddim to aid In
the defense of Imphal, was report
ed intact with 81 to 30 per cent OF
it's transport saved.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-08
NIP FLEET HIDING
Is Other Enemy Vessela
Damaged In Great
American Assault

U. S. PACIFIC FLEET HEAD
QUARTERS, Pearl Harbor, April
Acknowledged by the Japa-
nese fleet, strong American air.
craft carrier task forces wreaked
havoc for three days less than 600
miles from the Philippines, sinking
% enemy SHIPS damaging 10, bag
ging 100 to 214 planes and spread
ing destruction over the Palau is
lands and adjacent bases, it was
disclosed today.
The hosts of American warships,
operating more than 4,500 miles
southwest Of earl Harbor,
emerged unscalhed and only Is Of
the hundreds of attacking carrier
planes were lost. Eighteen filters
persisted.
Failing as at Truk and in the
Marianas in February task force
assaults to draw out Nippon
navy, A m iral Richard A.
Spruance's fleet had to be content
ed with two destroyers and Zone
unidentified combat ship" among
the vessels sunk. The remainder
largely were cargo shpis and oil
ers.
But big Japanese battleship
was spotted the night of March
28, just before the three-day fleet
operation opened, fleeing the Pa
lau region in the western Caro-
lines. The intercepting submarine
rammed home a torpedo which
caused considerable damage"
The battlewagon, however, limped
| away.
There was no damage to our
surface ships" today's commun-
que said. The japanese radio had
claimed two cruisers sunk, bat
tleship and at least two aircraft
carriers damaged.
Adm. Chester w. Nimitz, in
breaking protective radio silence
of more than week, disclosed
that the Pslaus, known as Japan's
Singapore, bore the bcunt of the
attack of carrier planes but that
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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-08
DRIVE ON WAGE
FORMULA SLOWED
FDR Says Living Costs Ac-
tually Lower Now Than
A Year Ago

WASHINGTON, April 7.-{RLOr-
gained labor's drive to break
down the little steeT' formula
bumped head on today into flat
pronouncementb by top White House
economic advisers that wage and
price control policies must be con-
tinued unhanged.
With indirect endorsement by ap-
proving co m m en- t, President
Roosevelt made public at his news
conference a report to him that
the sterilization program has sue
ceeded to the benefit of all e1e-
ments of the population. Price
rises have been checked, it said,
and the cost of living is actually
lower now than it was a year ago,
while wages have been stabilized.
I'VE must not jeopardize these
gains by any change of policy or
relaxation of effort in the critical
months ahead" the report con-
Guided. THE need for continued
restraint and continued cooperation
with every phase of the stabiliza-
ton program is evident. Obvious
IL, too, we should cling to the pol
icies and machinery which have
served us so effectively thus far. !"
The report was in the form of
a letter to the president from Fred
M. Vinson, economic sterilization
director; Chester Bowles, price ad-
ministrator; Marvin Jones, War
Food Administrator, and Chairman
William H. Davis of the War Labor
Board. It noted that tomorrow is
the first anniversary of the date
the president issued his ''hold-the.
line" orde: on wages and prices.
Both the AFL and the CLIO are
asking in curren, War Labor Board
hearings fo- the little STEEP for
mula limiting general wage in
creases to IS percent above the
January, 1871, level.
could this be interpreted as an
answe-. to attempts to shatter the
little steel formula?" Mr.. Roose.
vel was asked.
It doesn't answer anything, it's
statement of fact, he replied.
In making public the report, the
president said it was Of real i'm.
portance and worth everyones
(Continued on Page Three; Col. :
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-08
CENSORSHIP ROW
OPENED BY REED
Senator Wants To Know
How Coffee Got Letter
From Miss Kellems

WASHINGTON. April 7.@R-
Senator Reed (R -Kas.) charged to-
night some censorship activities
have been loosely and slovenly
handled'' as he demanded for
nal Senate investigation of cir
cumstances by which House
member got possession of purport-
ed correspondence of Miss Vivien
Kellenls, Westport, Conn, business
woman.
Reed said ne knew of cases
where censorship had distributed
tc other government agencies ex-
cerpts from letters that had mo
relation whatever to the war eff
fort
Byron Price, director of censor
ship, said he would be very glad
tc cooperate" with any investiga-
ton Serate committee desires
10 make.
Reed expressed a belief censor
ship rules had been violated by
publication of purported excerpts
Of Misc Ke,lenis' correspondence.
He asked the Senate postofflce
committee to make full-dress in
CURRY into circumstances surround
ing charges bv Rep. Coffee Cd
Wash.) that Miss Kellems had
made ''sedltious'' speeches and
correspondent with a German count
whom Coffee termed "Nazi
agent in Argentina. Coffee read
portions of the correspondence to
the House.
Reed called upon Federal au-
thorities to reveal whether they
have knowledge of any illegal or
Seditious activities" on the part of
Miss Kellems.
The correspondence in question
Was subject to censorship, Reed
declared. He issued a statement
saying:
If any such Gllegal or seditious
activities have heen uncovered, the
committe should urge the Depart
ment of Justice or any other gov
efAmental ager cy having that in
formation to promptly invoke the
law and punish Miss Kellems. =.
continued on Page Three; Col. u
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-08
IL-LADEN JAP
VESSEL IS SUNK
Allied Planes Set Fire To
1000 Ton Merchant
man Off New Guinea

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS,
Southwest Pacific, Saturday, April
8.-R-Allied planes in widely-sep-
arated attacks nave sunk an oil
laden enemy vessel, set fire to a
7,000-ton merchantman and nit
Wakde island near Hollandia for
the first time, Gen. Douglas Mac
Arthur announced today.
The merchant ship suffered two
direct hits Under strong attack
by Thundarbo]t and Kittyhawk
fighters. 1t was last seen blazing
fiercely off the New Guinea coast
in the Wewak area.
The oil tanker was sent to the
bottom near Timor in the Dutch
East Indies Australian Beaufight-
ers, long-ra2ge attack ships, went
in low to DROP their explosives.
In addition to the big ship they
sank two barges and set fire to
four others Ashore, they set fires
visible for so miles.
One Allied plane failed to return
from this attack
Wakde is 10 miles west of Hol-
landia, the big enemy base which
this week has been hit two paralyz-
ing blows from the air. Twenty
nine tons Of bombs were plum
meted on Wakaes airdrome and
many explosions resulted, the COM
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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-08
Honce Is Named To New
Post With AP; Nicholson
Is Made News Editor

NEW YORK, April 7. --R -
Charles E. Honce was appointed
assistant general manager of the
Associated Press, and Paul R.
Nicholson, general news editor.
by Kent Cooper, executive direc-
tor and general manager, today.
In his new capacity, Honce, for
merly general news editor, will be
responsible to Cooper for admins
tration of AP-Features, the APP
Special news report. and Wide
World Photos.
Nicholson, formerly assistant to
Alan j. Gould, assistant general
manager responsible for news and
newsphotos, becomes general news
editor in charge of the APPS gen.
eral news desk, which directs the
flow of its world news report.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-08
TWO ARE KILLED
IN TRAIN WRECK

LONDON, O., April 7. -P)- The
New York Central railroads New
York Special was wrecked today
killing the engineer and fireman
and injuring at least II passengers
the state highway patrol reported.
The locomotive overturned four
miles southwest of this central
Ohio community and seven of the
trains 10 cars left the rails but
did not overturn.
The dead were identified by the
patrol as John Nelson, engineer,
and Clarence Martin, fireman, both
of Columbus.
The train was bound from Gin
cinnati to New York.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-08

GREENVILLE, o. April 7-(RE
The protest of a group OF Da Ike
county farmers against govern
mental regulations moved swiftly
toward climax tonight.
Ora R. Fellers, chairman OF the
Agricultural Adjustment Admins
tration's county committee, cen
trail figure in the controversy,
stood firm in his defiance OF de-
mand from the farmers that ne
resign by tomorrow noon. He de-
clared he would report at his Of
flee regardless.
Chief of Police Ora Mcclellan
ordered a regular policeman on
duty in Feler's office tomorrow
and instructed Greenville's 80
auxiliary policemen to stand by.
James Mannix, red-haired, g.
wear : -old tenant farmer who is
president of the Wheat Quota Pro
test Association of Darke county,