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Evening star., 1944-09-20

many things" Polish spokesman
explained.
The proposals of the three boards,
submitted late yesterday, are stag
gering in the magnitude of the
relief program they envisage and
which, in many respects, is already
under way. Vast food stores have
been accumulated. Tremendous
manufacturing programs have been
started. The reports make it ap-
parent that to relieve the extreme
destitution Of Europe, rationing may
continue in America and Europe
long after German guns have been
Silenced.
In summary the report on food
said
The board has confidence that.
given the necessary cooperation
between governments, the problem
of meeting overall requirements
of Allied countries in l945 can be
solved. AS the requirements for the
Far East relief period have not
been received a program has not
been developed. However, the board
Is prepared to give that area
prompt consideration when supplies
are needed"
The board went on to report that
Europe as whole cannot move
rapidly from its present diet, but
that "an adequate calorie supply and
some improvement in 1.-The quality
of the diet can be assured"
Grains More Than Adequate.
In an analysis of the kinds and
amounts of food available, the food
board declared bread grains were
more than adequate: beans, sat
isfactory''; animal proteins "caus-
ing concern" although reduction of
military requirements may ease the
situation: fats and oils not abund-
ant, and sugar inadequate
The board said it was working to
stimulate the production of needed
types of food and to buy up export
able surpluses.
Some idea of the purchasing pro-
gram for European relief may be
gained from few sample figures
The board already has recon-
mended allocations for relief in the
postwar period Of IT,
100000 of canned fish, 100000
pounds of salted fish. 100000 900
pounds of canned meat. 100000, 900
pounds of fatbacks, $500 900 bags of
peas. 100000 bags of beans and
$50 100000 pounds of lard Reports
indicated American. Canadian and
British factories will be busy for
at least II months meeting demands
for European relief.
In its report the Raw Materials
Board said that supplies of cotton
and Wool-the two basic textiles
for .ill-clothed nations-were al
ready available in ample guam
titles.
No Apprehension About Metals.
Little or no apprehension" the
board said, lis 1elt regarding the
forward position of many Of the
metals-for example, steel, alumni
mum and the alloying materials
which are important in the en-
gineering industries"
Items mentioned as short were
crude rubber, hides and leather,
jute and jute goods, cordage fibers,
timber and forest products and Ger
tain chemicals
Evening star., 1944-09-20
Finland Loses Richest
Industrial Area, Must
Pay Big Reparations
By the Associated Press.

LONDON, Sept. 2O.-Stripped
Of her richest industrial territory
and burdened with heavy cash
reparations as the price Of peace,
Finland was dedicated today by
Acting Prime Minister Ernst Won
Born to building up a new ma
tional existence with the oppor-
tunities left to U.S."
OF immediate concern was the
probably bloody task of removing
German troops remaining in the
country-one of the conditions i'm
posed in the 23-point armistice
agreement reached in Moscow yes
terday with Soviet Russia and Great
Britain.
1T Is serious matter that we
have to diSarm German troops in
FINLAND snd hand them over to the
Allies" Won Born said Inf broadcast
ing details of the armistice to the
Finnish people. And this, al
though We have to prepare hastily
for the (Finnish) army to return to
a peacetime footing" ~
Stockholm reports said Finland
broke relations today with Hungary
Croatia and Slovakia, German pup
pet states.
Viipuri and Petsamo Lost.
Under the agreement, the Firms
lose Karelia, the area northwest OF
Leningrad and west and north OF
Lake Ladoga This includes the
city of Viipuri and is the most in
dustrially developed region of Fin
land. In that area lives more than
10 per cent Of Finlands pre-l94O
population.
The agreement also. provided for
the outright ceding to Russia of the
Petsamo area in the far north, with
its port and rich nickel mines, and
the leasing for so years of the Pork
kala Peninsula, with its naval base
on the Finnish Gulf, for use as q
military region.
In cash, Finland must pay repara-
tions totaling $500, 900 900 within six
years. Won Born disclosed this was
only half what the Russians had
asked in the futile peace negotia-
tions last spring, but he added that
1T is relatively heavier than any
demand for reparations made on
any country after the last great
war"
For the duration of the war the
Finnish merchant feet is placed at
the disposal of the Allies for the
transportation of war materiel
Withdrawal to Start Tomorrow.
An appendix to the agreement
published today said withdrawal of
the Finnish troops behind the new
state frontier and advance of the
Russians up to it would begin at
9 am. tomorrow.
The London Times. declaring the
Firms have obtained conditions
much less onerous than those Of
fered in March of this year." said
that through Moscow's successive
arrangements with Romania, Bull
garla and Finland any suspicion
OF a dark plot designed to
bring the whole of Eastern Europe
under Russian swap Is exposed as
lacking foundation"
Stockholm reports which Lacked
immediate official confirmation yes
terday said Finnish troops hac
moved against Nazi forces in North.
ern Finland. Won Born said the
south as far as Oulu already wa.
clear. The Germans, if they desire
can withdraw into Northern Nor
way.
The armistice agreement implied
at least a certain amount of Alliec
assistance in case of prolonged Ger.
man resistance. The pact require.
that airfields in Southern ane
Southwestern Finland be placed
temporarily at the disposal of thu
Allies.
The loss of territory to Russia wa.
Evening star., 1944-09-20
Man Hit by Train Escapes

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. Sept. 20
GP'.-Adam Schubert, hit by a Mis-
souri, Pacific passenger train and
Knocked of bridge, fell 25 feet
into the Usage River yesterday. His
physician said he was only slightly
injured.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-16

were extravagant enough to have a bit O.
fish from the Yangtze river which cost us
three American dollars and 60 C cents pei
pound
The correspondent adds: I compared these
prices with what we paid for the same food.
stuffs exactly one month ago, and found on
the average that these prices had risen 2 per
cent That is near enough for us. But for
the Chinese officials and workers, whose in
come is low and rises slowly, it is worse.
They have a hard time making both ends
meet, even on the basis of the most modest
living Standards
THE prices gave you in American dollars
you must multiply 40 times to see what they
are in terms of Chinese dollars, of which
Government officials and workers earn 5000
or 1000 per month, and you will see that
money does not go far
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-16
Congressional
'SUTTLETIES
The inside on the Washington scene OF
interest to the Carolinas.
BY HOWARD SUBTLE
Star-News Washington Bureau
RRo1rGHToN SEEKS v.P. BERTH?


WASHINGTON, April IS - Governor D. Mef
willie Rroughton is considered here as de1lhltey
candidate for the Democratic vice pfesl~
DENTAL nomination as a fourth-term running
mate of President Roosevelt or the "nlte
House candidate chosen to succeed the presl-
dent.
The North Carolina chief executive IS one
If several leaders in the South, who, feeling
the Democratic party may look to Dixie for
man tn succeed Henry A. Wallace are out
sb king the bushes in the interest of harmony
in the ranks of the party of Jefferson now
torn asunder by the invasion of extreme left
wingers' .sfellow travellers and others charg-
ed by party regulars with having injected
policies totally foreign to the principles upon
which the party was founded by the second
president.
Brouehton is slated to address the Oklahoma
Democratic State convention, May IS, at the
invitation of Governor Robert S. Kerr, an
ardent New Dealer and fourth term advocate.
Speaking recently at Jefferson Day dinner,
sncnsred by the Democratic National Com
mittee in its money-raising drive, at Fair
mount, w. Va, the Tar Heel governor also
gave indication of support of the fourth term
movement.
cit may well be that the New Deal was
bit government blood plasma, administered
to a nation suffering from shock and threaten
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-16
CHAPLAINS WILL
HOLD CONFERENCE

A conference for chaplains OF
the Army and Navy stationed
within 200 miles of Wilmington
will be held at the First Presby
terrain church Monday from 9 am
to 5 pm, according to DR.. Will
liam Grove, Jr., minister.
The conference is sponsored by
the Federal Council of Churches
in America and is under the di.
rect mana cement of the Federal
Councils Department of Evange-
ism, DR.. Grove said. Other reli-
gious leaders and welfare work
ers are invited to attend the vari-
Gus conference periods which are
to be conducted by we'll known
speakers coming to Wilmington
for this purpose.
DR.. Jesse M. Bader, executive
secretary of the Department OF
Evangelism of the inter-denomina.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-16
Needed Legislation

dates for public office has expired it is proper
to consider what is to be expected of the
nominees.
Wimington's attention focuses chiefly upon
a legislative program. There are certain mat
tiers which must be brought up and carried
through to adoption if the city and the entire
Wilmington area are to progress as they
should:
Among these, extension of the city limits
takes prominent place. No candidate should
enjoy public support who fails to state in
llnmistakable terms that he will introduce a
bill providing for this and fight valiantly
against any opposition for its passage
What area is chosen for annexation may be
debated, and should be debated publicly
through mass meeting or other means that a
clear majority opinion may be obtained. This
is detail to be threshed out throgouhly during
the months ahead. But it is vital to the city S
development that city expansion be the NO.
plank in the platform of the man who has
the greatest favor at the polls. 1t is essential
that Wilrningtonians unite behind the candi-
date who best represents the majority opinion
on this vital issue, even though all voters
may not agree in detail on the lines selected
for expansion, lest the effort to annex any
suburban area be defeated through dlsunity
as has happened before.
Of no less importance is legislation to do
away with the system of double taxation
which has been tolerated for SO many years
and which has imposed such heavy burden
upon the citys taxpayers while letting county
property owners off too lightly. This legislation
should have been enacted years ago, and has
not been only because complacent population
has been unwilling to demand a change Will
mington cannot hope to attract Industries or
business firms, despite its other advantages,
as long as mana cement know it will be doubly
taxed if firms and plants open up within the
city limits.
In this issue as we'll as the city expansion
issue. no candidate who is not willing to 60
to the mat for the adjustment of this outworn
and Gripping taxing system will deserve popu-
lar support.
And along with this should 60 determined
effort to divorce the city and the county IN
the support of offices and departments now
operated jointly The county should by legisla-
tive act be required to accept responsibility
for the operation and support of all functions
properly within it's jurisdiction BY the same
token, the city should accept full responsibility
for it's own exclusive operations of whatever
nature.
Another matter that needs the earnest sup
Dor of the successful candidate is the termi-
nation of the agreement under which New Han
over county has senator in the legislature
onlv at occasional sessions. Until recently the
county had two representatives. Now with only
one and with no senator the county is at q
distinct disadvantage. When the agreement
was made New Hanovers population was sc
small there was justification for grouping
the county with others. But the population Is
now large enough to require senator al
every session. Whatever steps are necessary
to bring this about should become part Of
the obligation accepted by the favored candl
date.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-16
Prices In Chungking

Frequent famines and Japanese depreda-
tions have been hard on the Chinese but there
is no food shortage in Chungking. There is
plenty of food available if one but has the
price. And there's the rub The price is all
but prohibitve. Initiation has run wild in
Chang Kai-sheks capital We Americans al
home are living in clover by comparison.
A Chungking dispatch tells of correspond
ent's experience in what is the equivalent Of
our grocery stores. We paid today says
the dispatch, sfor pound of bread 40 Amer.
lean cents one pound of potatoes 46 Aneri
can cents; one pound of good rice> one Amer
lean dollar and IL cents; one pound of lard
tYo American dollars and Is cents; and WI
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-16

Nazi radio stations were not OH
tho air because of thousand-shlp
fleets of fighter escorted Allied
bombers rowing continental skies.
There was little to hint at any
early change in the stalemated
Nazi-Allied campaign in Italy.
While the Anglo-American effort to
take Rome remained begged down,
the effect was more political than
military since it still kept pinned
on the Italian peninsula and ir
the western Balkans two score OF
more Nazi divisions urgently ned
ed either in Romania and POLAND
to face a double Russian menace
or in the west to confront the ris.
ing Allied invasion threat.
And in the east there was ne
doubt that massive new Russian
assaults, both westward through
Poland above the Carpathian bar
rier and southwestward into the
Danube valley, were being organ
lied. There was nothing left ir
Russia south of the Pripet marsh
es to show for Hitler's disastrous
attack on Russia but a dwindline
toe-hold in the southwestern cor
ner of the Crimea and a tiny seq
ment of the Black Sea coast O.
the Ukraine east of the Dnep1
estuary. Both seemed death trap.
for the Nazi or Romanian satellite
troops within them.
Moscow press accounts of thu
Crimea redemption campaign
moving swiftly to its climax in tht
now Russian invested Sevastopo
segment of the peninsula told O.
wholesale enemy surrenders, MAJ
as well as Romanian. There seem.
little reason to doubt their accu
racy. The plight of the bulk of the
once powerful Nazi garrison of thu
Crimea seems utterly hopeless.
There is no escape except b,
sea or air.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-16
Interpreting
The War
Bv KIRKE L. SIMPSON
Associated Press War Analyst

Mild mid-Ap-il weather over all
Europe this week end, set CONT
mental skies swarming with Allied
and Russian bombers night and
day in obvious preparation for tu-
rious invasion battles soon to open
against Germany from east and
west alike.
Even across the Pacific season.
al weather conditions rated high
in the making of Allied operation
al plans against Japan. The ap-
p-oach of the west monsoon period
in the India-Burma theater had
some relationship to dispositions to
meet the only Nipponese offensive
move in months, the invasion OF
India across the Chindwin river
The monsoon rains when they
come in Assam and northern Bur-
ma will increase ten-fold the sup
ply difficulties of enemy columns
operating scores of miles from
Burmese rail or river communica-
lions. They will much less hamper
Allied movements in eastern In
dia, or the slow but steady prog
ress of the Ledo road connection
with China the japanese thrust in
to Assam was designed to check
Not Factor
In the Pacific perimeter from
New Guinea to the Kuriles, mon
soon weather is not a factor. There
was ample evidence that new and
deeper thrusts into the japanese
Pacific defensive belt were i'm
pending. In the southwest General
MacArthuz''s bombers were spray.
ing enemy bases on the New GUM
ca coast as an indicated prelimi
nary to further advance by his
A m er i c n Australian ground
troops. In the central zone AID
miral Nimitz' mighty air-sea force
appeared grooming for new power
drives closer to the heart of ia.
pan itself. Tokyo rumb1ed with
warnings of American bombing at.
tacks to come.
1t was in Europe that the weight
of both Russian and Allied air
power, which Churchill estimat.
ed now to triple or quadruple the
strength Germany can muster ir
the skies to meet it. was coming
into its own as weather conditions
improved. The mid-April weekend
saw the most sweeping and sus
tanned seven days Of night anc
day attack from the west and the
linked long range Allied bombing
from bases in Italy brought to its
elimination. SCATTERING blows al
Nazi air defenses were struck al
factories from central Hungary tc
France. There were few spells Of
even hours during the week when
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-16
Fund For Legion Home

American Legion Post No. 10 has accepted
as its high objective the creation of a place
of refuge for men at arms returning from
the battlefields of the world.
When they came back from France after
the former World war they found that nc
preparation had been made to ease their re.
1uln to civilian life and thousands upon thou
sands of them went through bitter expert.
ences 1t was not until they had organized
that the men who had turned the tide against
the Germans and made victory possible found
place for themselves at home.
That their experiences shall not have to be
endured by the boys now carrying the fight to
an even more deadly enemy in this global
conflict the American Legion, now exercising
q compelling influence in the country, is TAX
ing the leadership in caring for the new vet
Grams during their period of readjustment.
Ii Wilmington the program calls for home
where former service men may congregate
for rest and relaxation and advice while they
are finding their way about in what to them
is an unaccustomed environment.
The home they seek to buy is the Bridger
home at Third and Dock It is admirably
adapted to the need INTELLECTUALLY and in
its location. 1t will be an ideal haven
An option on the property has been secured
but sufficient money is not in hand to COM
plete the transaction. Fifty thousand dollars
remains to be raised, and the Wilmington
post is starting an intensive campaign for
rintOnc have
been secured but they are far from adequate,
and unless the full amount is forthcoming
shortly the option will be in danger of expir-
ing The post itself cannot pay up the full
amount 1t is doing what it can. Its mem
bers as individuals are giving all they can.
But the public will have to share the cost if
the deal is to be completed.
Surely $4,000 is small enough gift to
make to the men who are fighting our battles
and who will need every aid We can give
them when the fighting is over Whining
tonians are urged to consider that gifts to
this fund are not charity. Rather they are
an obligation resting squarely upon their Shout
ders Our own men Wilmington husbands
and fathers and sons-are among the forces
to be demobilized and reassimilated in the
civilian world. Can we hope to sleep peace
fully if we let them come back without max
ing this provision for their reception?
Gifts are to be addressed to the American
Legion Building Fund, Post Office Box 337.
Or they may be given to any member OF
the House and Grounds Committee whose
members are W. K. Rhodes, Jr., Wilbur D.
Jones, Harry Fa1es, W. D. Hughes and J.
R. Hollis.
Let the mails be filled with gifts tomor-
row morning.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-16

In the dark garden while the disciples
were sleeping, Jesus faced the ultimate
cost of redemption for Man. "Not My will,
bull Thine be done", He said, and the
agony Of surrender showed itself in the
great drops Of blood upon His face.
The victory was won at that moment,
though the physical agony had to be en-
dured. There came to Him unobstructed by
any vestige of self-will, power for the
betrayal. . .,for the hooking and the
scourging, for the travesty of the trial;
power to set out upon the road to Cal
vary, power to step from the tomb!
General Geo. Carpenter in War Cry"
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-16
lowa Democrats FAVOR
Reformation Of F. R.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla,
April 15.-lR-Capt. R. A. Addison,
acting police chief, reported that
the 20-year-old wife of a Coast
Guardsman said she accidentally
smothered her four-m onth-old son
as he lay in his crib today.
Addison said she told of placing
a small pillow over the baby's face
because she feared his cries were
annoying neighbors. She said she
dropped off to sleep, the captain
related, and found the child had
stopped breathing when she awak-
ened about 80 minutes later.
Justice of the Peace Henry v.
Calder said the death was acct
dental, and no inquest would be
held. The mother, identified by Ad.
olson as Mrs. George Lockwood,
was not held.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-16

tional Federal Council, will dirpc.
the conference, according 10 nr
Grove, the host minister. Whle
here he is to speak several times
and will conduct the service SIN,
day morning at the First Chris.
tan c h u + C h, Third and Ann
streets. and Sunday evening at Inc
First Presbyterian church, where
he will speak on 1.-THE Church and
World Crisis and conduct 70,
rum following his address.
Monday afternoon at 2:l5 O'Clock
DIR. Bader will speak to an as.
sembly of women on THE Uni.
versal Church." The women of The
First Presbyterian church have in.
vited all others of the commm.
ty, and men who may be free 10
attend the assembly, to DIR. b,
der is as we'll equipped to speak
on the sufferings and triumphs Of
the church universal as any man
in America" DR.. Grove ASSERTED
--V-
Soft coal requi1 ements for 1914
are estimated at $40, 900 tons by
the Solid Fuels Administrative
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-16

ton, Senator W. Lee Pass the Bis
cults, Pappy O'Daniel seeking op-
position for all congressman who
have served six years. Former
Vice President John N. Garner has
taken issue with O'Daniel and call
ed upon Texans to reflect their
house members.
Mississippi-Primary August %
No senatorial election. Few, if any
of states seven congressman e.
pected to be opposed.
Odds against four perfect hands
being dealt at bridge table are
1853, 100000 to one.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-16
AIRMEN PICKED UP

STOCKHOLM, April 15.-P-siy
American filters were picked IN
by fishermen today from a small
boat off the Swedish southeast
coast after they had escaped from
a German prison camp on The
Danish island of Bornholm. The
flie-s were brought to Kalmar
Sweden, and will be turned over
to American authorities in Stock.
holm.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-16
BETTER LATE THAN NFvrp

Commissioner of Public Sato.r
j. M. Hall has struck the proDo,
chord he has found out soms,
thing that has been patent in N
modern cities for ten years
the necessity Of a woman poo,
officer. Many of the cases Ir6sa
Harriss and other men are unabls
to cope with can be handled ess1v
by the woman with practice,
mind.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-16
Dear Mr.. Westbrook:

NV daughter and I are 'enclos-
ing two small checks to help in
purchasing the beautiful Bridgers
home for our boys. We are deep
ly grieved that our financial cir
cumstances prohibit a more sub
stantial donation today, but mas
much as 1 am the sole support
of my family, as my husband is
and has been patient in Vet
Grams hospital at Fayetteville for
quite sometime, 1 simply "strain'
gladly, proudly make even so
small donation.
My daughter has her husband
in England and is leaving soon for
New York as Wave. We both
hope to make a better showing
before June.
WELL-WISHER.
Wilmington, N. c.
April IA. 1914.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-16

Mr.: and Mrs. W, T. Farris, a..
tonight for a pleasure trim IA 'gI'
gone 10 days or more. Mrs Fsr.' 0e
and young son, Gene, will +.s,
visit in Roanoke, Va, returnir - u y
Winston-Salem and Durham n, %
Farriss will 60 to New York -,
business. vi
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-16
BOX
no THEIR BIT

The following letter to the COM
mander of wilmington Post No. 10,
American Legion, is published mere
to show how willingly a mother and
her daughter make a sacrifice to
swell the posts building fund, the
mother because her husband is be-
ing cared for at the Veterans hos
nital and the husband of the daugh-
fer soon became a Wave, is in
foreign service.-(Edltor)