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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-03-24
S0L0NS TO WATCH
LEND LEASE POWER

WASHINGTON, March 23.-{Y-
Backed by the Foreign Affairs
Committee, a move started in the
House today to give Congress
watchdog powez: over the Presi-
dent in final settlement of Lend
Lease contracts.
This authority was written into
the bill extending President Roose.
velt's lend-lease program for an.
other year beyond June 80. The
revised bill was ordered reported
for action by the entire House. The
committee conceded that it may
be the fuse for pointed argument
and so vote probably will not be
sought until after the Easter vaca.
ton.
The amendment is phrased this
way:
That extension of lend-lease is
not to be construed to give the
President any authority to 'as.
sumo" obligations on the part Of
the United States without establish.
ed constitutional procedure, in 9th.
er words Congl essional review.
Rep. Wadswo,th R.-N.Y.), who
sponsored the change, explained in
a statement that it assures "a
proper and workable relationship
between the Congress and the
White House in any final settle.
ment of a 1end-lease contract.
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Tough Policy For Draft
Deferments AgreedUpOn

WASHINGTON, March 23.-R-
The Army. Navy and WPB have
agreed on a tough" policy under
which occupational draft defer.
naents for men under 26 will be
approved only for skilled person.
mel in a highly select group Of
industries, it Was reported today.
While the list is subject tc
change, the industries now on il
are landing craft, synthetic rub.
Der and 100-octane gasoline plants,
tires and tubes together with
plants making tire cord, fabric
and molds, high tenacity rayon,
certain airplanes. certain types OF
radar, certain submarine plants,
and plants making a secret weap-
on.
The plan may mean continued
deferment for about 10000 of the
100000 men under 26 now deferred
because of their occupations.
A letter informing manufactur.
ers of this decision and advising
those in the select industries how
to go about seeking deferment for
employees has been drafted by C.
E. Wilson, chairman of the pro-
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-03-24
DR.. DYER HEARD HERE
Lauds American Business
For Leading Nation
Through Its Struggles

An appeal for an immediate re-
turn to a system of free enterprise
following the war was made Thurs
day by an outstanding Southern
economic writer, speaker and one
time-Vanderbilt university profes-
sor.
The speaker, DR.. Guss W. Dyer,
chief of the speakers bureau of
the Southern States Industrial
Council of Nashville, Tenn. told
his listeners that s.the only way
we can come back with American
industrial progress is by restor-
ing constitutional free enterprise
and by putting the responsibility
of the comeback i'll American bust
ness leaders under constitutional
protection.
DR.. Dyer, who appeared through
the courtesy of the Associated
General Contractors, Charlotte
branch, spoke before joint meet
ing of the Wilmington civic clubs,
at which various outstanding gov
ernmental and civic leaders were
present.
The only way America can do
anything in the postwar period is
to go back to the constitution,
which is the basis of all Liberty
in the United States, DR.. Dyer
said.
The attempt of government to
protect and guide business, not en-
gage in competition with it, he
said adding that under the leader
ship of business, free American
enterprise has advanced farther
than any other nation, and that to
continue this advancement in the
postwar world, business leaders,
not the government, must be
counted on to continue this great
advancement.
''Under constitutional protection,
business leaders, in cooperation
with local and state governments
may be counted on to plan and
open the road back to American
prosperity. Under this plan, jobs
will be creatS6 for millions that
will enable them to retain their
independence and self respect in
taking care of themselves and thus
do their part in building up an
invincible system of American in
d11strial progress"
Under the leadership of business,
the South, following the Civil War,
went from rock bottom to the top,
creating industries and wealth, in
only two short generations, and
if the government had interferred,
and attempted to give the orders,
saying how rthe South could adj
vance again. we would probably
we're vsas i. after Il war;" he declared.
The attempt to government to
run business was compared by DR..
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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-03-24
Local Shipyard Has
Lowest Cost Per Ship
OF Any Firm In U. S.

WASHINGTON, March 23-
up - Commander Arthur d.
Rydstrom, head of the Mari
time Commissions price rene
gotiation board, told a House
merchant marine subcommit-
tee today that since the boards
establishment $184, $4,000 had
been returned to the govern
ment under commission con-
tracts.
Testifying at an investigation
of reports of excessive profits
by operators of wholly govern
ment owned yards Rydstrom
said 1855 Liberty ships were
delivered up to last November
80 at a total estimated cost of
Sz,oyI, llU,UUU. Inc average
profit to the contractor, he
added was SIS per cent after
renegotiating and after taxes.
The North Carolina Ship
building Company, at Whining
ton, N. c., which he said had
the lowest average cost per
vessel, earned an estimated
profit of IA per cent after re-
negotiation and taxes.
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duction executive committee, a
group made up of representatives
Of the War Production Board, the
Army and Navy It has been held
up, however, pending a final re-
view by all parties concerned.
The industries chosen for WPB-
Army-Navy support of deferment
for key workers do not include
some such as certain steel plants
which shave protested vigorously
that their war production will be
seriously injured if they must give
up men under 26 to the armed
services.
Two branches of the aviation in
dustry, transport and engine man.
ufacture, also have protested that
more than fourth of their tech
nical workers are under q years
Of age.
In report to Wilson and Army
and Navy air chiefs, James p.
Murray, president of the Aeronau-
teal Chamber of Commerce, said
|27.4 percent of the engineers in
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Return To Free-Enterprise After
War Is Urged By Noted Southerner
Population OF 100000
= Seen For Wilmington
In Postwar Period

Wilmington's postwar planning
committee should plan now for a
city of 100000 after the war, DR..
Gus Dyer, noted Southern econo-
mist said Thursday at joint
meeting of Wilmington civic clubs.
North Carolina has always TAX
en- the lead among the Southern
States, and if it continues as it
has, many new industries will be
concentrated here after the war.
Many of them will come to Will
rnington, and this city should see
to it now that it is prepared when
the industrial revolution comes, "
he said.
The entire industrial structure of
America must be rebuilt after the
war. because it is too centralized
now, he said, adding that imme-
diately before the war, the trend
was toward decentralization, and
after the war it will be even more
so. The man who looks to the fu-
ture now, and makes plans for
this expansion will be the one to
succeed, he predicted.
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TEXAS GOVERNOR
RAPS ROOSEVELT

MUSKOGEE, OKLA, March 20.
-(R-Senator W. Lee O'Daniel Of
Texas, in a speech attacking new
dealers from the President on
down." declared tonight the tax
payers were being smothered un-
der public debt that would reach
$4,000 a family before the war
ends.
He attributed this staggering
BURDEN to asserted mismanage.
ment of domestic and foreign af-
fairs by "the dynasty in Wash.
ington" and appealed for a return
to sane constitutional government
through election of men of abili.
ty-not political parasites"
The Texas Democrat spoke at
rally of Republicans and anti.
new deal Democrats backing Re.
publican E. o. Clark against DEM
ocrat William G. Stigler in next
Tuesdays second district Congress.
sional election.
The campaign, watched nation.
ally as barometer of 1914 polit.
ical sentiment, will be clirnaxed
Monday with the appearance Of
Alben w. Barley of Kentucky, the
Senate majority leader, who will
talk here for Stigler.
''What America needs most to.
day." O'Daniel asserted, "is q
thorough housekeeping in Wash.
ington-a housekeeping from cell
lar to attic"
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A strongly supported Ankara re-
port said that German troops be-
gan the formal occupation of Ru.
mania early today. Telephone
communications between the Ru.
manian capital of Bucharest and
Sofia in Bulgaria were interrupted
GA London broadcast said dis
patch from Switzerland declared
that Prince Cyril of Bulgaria and
Regent Bogdan Philov 'have been
ordered to the headquarters Of
Hitler next Monday" This broad.
cast was reported by CBS.)
.Germany's present moves ap.
parently were designed to stem
the rising tide of peace sentiment
in that section of war weary
Europe and prevent-temporar ily
at least-a repetition of the disin-
tegration which led to Germany's
downfall in 1918.
Even as Hitler rode herd over
Hungary through new Quisling
premier, there were indications
that all Nazi satellites were be-
ing given the choice of providing
complete military cooperation I'M
der Nazi direction, or of being &C.
cupied by Nazi troops.
Some London quarters main
tanned the Hitler pressure could
only delay and would not prevent
the ultimate collapse in the Bal
kans.
It was elsewhere indicated that
Hitler was preparing to "kidnap''
Rumania to shore up his tottering
edffice. There were widespread
rumors that Premier Ion Antones.
Gu had been summoned to Hitler S
presence as Admiral Nicholas
Horthy, regent of Hungary, had
gone before him.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-03-24
BERRY IS HEARD
IN CHAPLIN CASE

LOS ANGELES, March 23.-tR-
Auburn haired Joan Berry told
Federal jury today she had been
sexually intimate with Film Actor
Producer Charlie Chaplin on num-
erous occasions both in Beverly
Hills and New York City.
The silve-y-thatched comedian,
on trial on two charges of Mann
Act violation by allegedly trans
porting her to New York City for
immoral purposes, slouched in a
swivel chair at counsel table with
hand to face and stared stonily at
her with never a flicker of emo
lion.
Joan never glanced his way.
The attractive, Detroit-born film
aspirant told jury of seven wom-
en- and five men her alleged in
timacies with Chaplin were con-
tinued in New York hotel after
he had arranged for her to meet
him there in October, 1912.
Serious faced, she told of her
hopes of film fame, Of being placed
under contract to the producer's
studio. and of a night when she
broke into his Beverly Hills home
through a window carrying gun,
the subsequent meeting with Chap
lin ending, she said, in another in
timacy.
A crowd of $50 hushed specta-
tors listened intently. Miss Berry
was clad in a light blue wool coat
with narrow black collar, a brown
dress, string of PEARLS, black
high-heeled pumps and carried a
large black bag. Her slender hands
the nails lacquered red, often flut-
tered to her face in gesture OF
confusion when she tried to re-
member some questioned matter.
AS the prosecutions star witness
the 24-year-old unwed mother was
cross examined vigorously by
Chaplin's lawyer, Jerry Giesler.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-03-24
CASINO BATTLE
IS STILL RAGING
New Zealand Troops Are
Fighting At Edge OF
Italian Town
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, Ma

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, Ma
pies, March 23.-tRHThe latest
phase Of the bitter struggle for
Casino, Nazi stronghold defending
tie Roman valleys, ragged through
its eighth day today with battle
weary New Zealand troops still
fighting at the towns southern
edge and other Allied forces cling
ing stubbornly to several hard-won
heights west of the town.
No important change of position
had been reported since Tuesday
when German parachute troops
were disclosed to have recaptured
the wreckage of the Continental
Hotel. Some of the most desper-
ate fighting swirled about the rMus
of the hotel and several nearby
buildings, five Nazi tanks having
been destroyed in that locality.
The enemy threw two strong
counter attacks against Castle Hill.
an intermediate peak only a few
hundred yards from Casinos
western edge, yesterday, but each
time was thrown back with heavy
losses. French artillery repulsed
two other Naz1 stabs near Monte
Castellone, three miles northwest
of Casino.
German artillery and mortars
emplaced in the hills maintained
a heavy fire on Allied positions
and tried hard to destroy bridges
that Fifth Army engineers had
thrown across the Rapido River
east of town.
Despite all Allied efforts of the
past two months to break through
into the Liri Valley - and these
have included five fierce attacks
on the ground and the greatest
tactical air assault in history
the Germans still hold the Casino
gateway firmly.
The towns natural defenses per-
init the Nazis to hold it with
comparatively small but determin-
ed force. While they have been
bringing up fresh soldiers-some
could be seen moving up a road
in the distance today-there is no
information here to support rear
area reports OF great German re-
Inducements in Casino.
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II u. S. BOMBERS LOST
Nazi Air Force Comes Up
In Strength To Give
Battle To Raiders

LONDON, March 23-tRA Strong
forces of American bombers, fol
lowing up record 3,360-tor
bombardment of Frankfurt by the
Raj last night, carried out e
sweeping series of daylight at
tacks against five other German
targets today, shooting down al
least 20 enemy planes as the
Nazi air force came up in strength
to battle.
Twenty-seven American bomb
ers and six fighters were lost as
the U. S.. Eighth Air Force usec
probably more than 1880 planes II
bombing rail yards, war factories
and air bases in northwest Ger
many.
It was the, 18th attack agains
German targets in March and the
sixth strong blow in nine days.
1t was the 18th operation for thu
month for the heavies and equal
led the record set in February
indicating that the record numbe.
of daylight attacks made in ont
would be easily exceeded by TIT
end of March.
The Germans had no thine t.
recover from the daylight opera
tons before air raid warning wer,
sounded in the Reich against RAJ
night attackers. At p. m. thu
Berlin radio warning system
broadcast: "a number of nuisanc,
raiders are over northwestern
Germany"
U. S. Strategic Air Force head
quarters announced strong forma
tons of Liberators and Fortressei
hit:
The railway yards at Hamm; al
air station at Achmer; bombe,
base at Handorf; war factory a
Muenster and the Messerschrnit
production center at Brunsp c.y
This was the first time the Ger
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SMASH INTO KOVEE
43 Mile Advance By Soviet
Forces Is Reported In
Old Poland =

LONDON, Friday, March ia
R-The Russians today announced
a 37-mile-deep breakthrough in the
stubbornly defended TarnopoJ
hinge area of the eastern front,
and Berlin reported that other Red
army forces to the northwest in .
43-mile advance deep inside old
Poland had broken into the town
of Kovel on the main road to War
saw.
The smash into Kovel, on which
the Russians we're silent, carried
the swift-rolling Russians to .
point only 80 miles from the Ger.
man-Russian partition boundary
established in 1939-the line from
which the Germans invaded Rus.
STA June %, 1941.
The Russian announcement Of
the big Tarnopol breakthrough
came "a hours after Berlin had
reported the offensive, describing
it as a powerful thanking maneu.
yer to the south to meet Russian
forces on the Dniester. Such a
thrust could trap large German
forces pocketed to the northeast
up as far as the Vinnitsa area.
The Russian daily communique
broadcast from Moscow disclosed
that the First Ukraine Army had
driven directly between the hard
German cores of defense at Tar.
nopol and Proskurov and sWs,led
right and left in maneuvers de-
signed to encircle those cities and
thus smash the pivot pins on which
the Nazis' Ukraine forces depend.
With Tarnopol already cut off
on the north, east and south, the
Russians said they had taken 80
miles of the railway running SOUTH
from a point three miles south
of the city to the junction of Kop.
chintse, IS miles south of Tarno-
pol.
Besides Kopchintse, captured
railway stations included Tren.
bovlya, Nikoltsy and Grzhimalov,
plus 200 towns and villages taken
in the past three days, the Soviet
communique stated.
The Russians made their great.
est effort in the area south OF
Tarnopol without withdrawing any
strength from other sectors of the
flaming southern front, where
their offensive rolled forward
again today through another lis
settlements.
Apart from the Tarnopol break
through, the most striking an.
nouncement was the Soviet ad@
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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-03-24
QDT ESTABLISHES
new OFFICE HERE

The opening in Wilmington Of a
traffic registration bureau for
heavy duty trucks in over-the-road
service, effective Monday morning,
March 81. was announced Thurs
day BY G.. T. Musselman, district
manager, Office of Defense Trans
portation.
The bureau is a part Of new
program designed to gain full utili-
zation of heavy duty over-the-road
trucks by requiring empty and
partially loaded trucks to register
with the Office of Defense Trans
portation in order to get a full
load before making a trip.
Under the new program, regis
ration facilities will be establish
ed at all ODT district offices. OF
which there are "a in the southeast
md l42 throughout the nation. Five
such offices are located in North
Carolina, at Wilmington, Raleigh,
Charlotte, Winston Salem and
Asheville.
Upon registration by a common
carrier Of an empty or partially
loaded truck, the ODT district
manager may direct him to accept
and transport freight which has
neen registered with the district
office, Or if the truck is empty,
the carrier may be. required to
lease it to contract carrier or
another CONNER carrier. Partially
loaded trucks operated by private
and contract carriers will not be
registered, but empty trucks. OF
such carriers must be registered
and may be leased to other ear
Tiers at the direction of the obi
district manager.
In order to get full loads, trucks
may be required to travel a slight
N greater distance than originally
contemplated.
In the event a carriers empty or
PARTIALLY loaded truck is not nea-
al ODT district office, he is still
required to communicate with ship
perS Or other carriers in the vlclnl.
y if he is a common carrier ano
with other carriers if he is prl'
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RED CROSS DRIVE
PROGRESSES HERE
.One-Third OF Quota Be-
Iieved Subscribed Here;
Speedily Asked

While unofficial reports are
lacking. it was believed Thurs.
day night that the local Red Cross
War Fund campaign was progress
ing nicely, and possibly third Of
the quota had been subscribed.
The first audit of the 1914 Red
Cross War Fund drive reports on
Wednesday showed that Whining
tonians have set stout heart to
steep climb, having contributed
nearly one fourth of the $75, 00C
quota.
Divisional chairman meeting in
Red Cross campaign headquarters
to submit figures. of the first Of
fetal financial response express
ed confidence THAT their groups
will reach assigned quotas before
the scheduled end of the drive on
March 20.
J. @. LeGrand, campaign chair
man, issued at the same time an
urgent appeal to heads of business
firms to speed up solicitations
among employees so that substan-
tial reports can be made by the
end Of the week. LeGrand request
that all workers submit reports to
their captains and that captains
turn in reports before 4:30 p. m.
Friday.
Something to remember: Don't
put things off today, put them
over!
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BY LEONARD MILLIMAN
Associated Press War Editor

A new japanese column drove
go miles inside India in a surpris-
ing 24-hour invasion, Allied COM
muniques reported To-Day, even as
American planes ranged widely
against enemy Notifications and
transportation from the Central
Pacific to Indo-China.
Nine small Japanese ships and
% self-propelled parges were de-
stroyed in an air smash at We
wax. where for weeks Allied bomb
ers have been clipping the wings
of Nipponese air power on New
Guinea. Two hundred tons of
bombs wrecked parked planes,
buildings and heavy guns along the
New Guinea coast from Wewak
to Aitape.
The newest expeditionary force
Tokyo has sent into India, formed
the lower arm of pincers move
ment directed against Imphal on
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HULL TO EXPLAIN
FOREIGN POLICY

WASHINGTON, March 23.-tR-
Snowy-haried 72-year-old Cordell
Hull has picked up a challenge
flung by critics of administration
foreign policy and begun cam
paign in support of his work as
Secretary of State which, may
prove to be one of the dramatic
personal undertakings of this poll
teal war year.
The secretary served notice at
a press conference today that in
a forthcoming speech, the time of
which is to be announced later, he
will give the country specific in
stances in which the II basic points
of his foreign policy apply to cur
rent world problems as well as
set up ideals for future interna-
tional security.
Tomorrow the secretary will
meet with "a Republican represen-
tatives who are regarded as sup
porters of polio, of international
cooperation but want to know what
the Roosevelt administration has
done to implement such statements
of principle and ideals as the At
1antic Charter and the Moscow
Declaration.
Yesterday Hull talked with mem
bers of the Senate Foreign Rela-
tons Committee. That was less
than "a hours after he had met
critics who claim that the govern
ment lacks a foreign policy with
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