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Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-03-11
Supremacy Angle
Creeps Into Fla.
Politics Again

TALLAHASSEE, Fla.-(ANP) -
The issue of white supremac" was
revived here for the first time u
Is wears this week when MllId<o
Conkl'n, one of three candidates
who so far have qualified IN the
Democratic primary as opponents
of Sen. Claude Pepper Cd. Fla.)'
made his campaign overtures.
Although Pepper is opposed ny
two other candidates, Flnl2y
Moore, of Lake City, and Alston
Cockrell, of Jacksonville, Conklin
is reported as the first to play IN
on southern prejudices to achieve
political recognition. 1t his cam
paign literature he stresses states
rights, which is supposed to be
a blow to PEPPER who has favored
a federal soldier vote bill. ConK-
lin also opposes bureaucrats and
ventures to attack Mrs. Eleanor
Roosevelt.
The present and future welfa1'
of the south demands that the
White race remain the dominan'
race" he saws. AS a Democrat, ]
feel very strongly that certain
social and socialistic activities
sponsored by the New Deal and
more particularly bv Mrs. Roose-
welt are intolerable, detrimental
and an insult to the people of the
great soutl
Speculation regarding his re-
marks against Mrs. Roosevelt is
said to be aimed at the visit she
made to Bethune-Cookman col
lege for Negroes founded by Mrs
Mary Mcleod Bethune, former
head of the Negro division Of the
NYA, a few years ago.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-03-11
BY HARRY 5. McALPIN
Washington Eureau OF the Atlanta
Daily World and NNPA)

Tvs AsibkAkA WAA a al NtAN VA NiAG 4AAA&AtSl
Daily World and NNPA)
WASHINGTON-Ne TO field Of
Ulcers Of grades as high as Lieute-
nant Colonel for the first time will
be placed In a major unit of the
Army in ccmrand Of colored COM
bat troops now under ths command
Of white officers, Secretary Of War
Stinson. revealed Thursday.
The qualified officers OF the much
maligned 9SGth and 931st Field
artillery battaliong. formerly a part
Of the 184the field artillery rcgt-
ment which was formed from the
ID Iichth Illinois Naticnal Guard
will be assigned to the field artIi-
'erv units of the 92nd Division
where they win replace white Of
ficers who are ct present assigned
to those units. the Secretary said
This torcesston made IN the midst
OF w4Gts7vead resentment over tho
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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-12-06
State Department Changes

There has long been complaint that the State
Department, despite Secretary Hulrs under
standing of the departments responsibilities
ard his exceptional ability as an executive ana
guide. was not functioning to the best advan-
taee President Roosevelt must have shared
this view to some extent with Mr.. Hulls sue
cessor Secretary Stettinius, hardly installed in
office the resignation of three high officials
s announced together with nomination Of their
successors
There will probably be general approval OF
tire appointment of Joseph c. Grew as under
secretary Mr. Grew was United States Am
bassador to Japan for some nine years pre-
codino the war in the Orient. He possesses
nc clear an understanding of the situation in
tie far East as any man. In ADDITION ne is
career diplomat with wide experience in state
affairs. His assistance doubtless will be OF
great value to Mr.. StettnluS.
With world trade already assuming major
role in this nations affairs, the selection OF
William A. Clayton, outstanding cotton mer-
chart, as head of the departments economic
program and of Nelson Rockefeller, coordl-
nator of inter-American affairs, in charge OF
TIE ccuntrys Latin American relations, is easily
understood
TIE appointment OF Archibald MacLeish as
head # cultural adventuring is not SO easily
accounted for unless it stems from personal
friendship of the President. Mr.. MacLelsh' 1lrst
OF all poet and secondly lib arian OF Con-
sress, came a cropper as head of the Office
Of Facts and Figures 1t is not apparent that
he is Of State Department calibre, but may
measure up to his job better than many now
foresee.
For the most part it is safe to believe that
President Roosevelt will shape the policies OF
the department and largely dominate his ap-
pcintees The single exception, as the situation
now stands, is Mr. Clayton who has mind OF
mis- own and believes in using it
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-12-06
Romania Pays Heavily

Rornania has had many reasons to rue the
day she threw in with Hitler, but none has
her boundaries.
The Russians are moving heavy machinery
and other equipment from that country into
Russia. The chief item is said to be oil re-
finery equipment from the Polesti and Cam
pra districts. Parts of other factories, however,
are not being overlooked. And it is all within
the terms OF the armistice agreement signed
by Romania following her defeat.
c. L. Sulzberger, writing from London, ex-
plains it all this way:
Under the armistice terms Russia obtained
the right to seize German properties in Roma
amends for the enormous damage done by
the Nazis in the Soviet Union. These German
properties are extensive because under Adolf
Hitler's scheme to turn Europe into colony
providing raw materials for the industrial
Reich a great many Romanian and non-Ger-
man foreign holdings in Romania were bought
by Nazis through manipulations by expert
financial swindlers under Walther Funk, Ger
man Commissioner General for Economy, and
DR. Karl Clodius, trade expert of the German
Foreign Office.
"a series of joint German Romanian COM
panies was established, with the Nazis frequent
ly contributing machinery that Germany could
spare instead Of capital as their share in the
investment.
1.-THE Russians are legally in position to
take over all such en1nrnent Whether ,,ouch
purely Romanian industrial machinery is be-
ing removed in the form OF reparations cannot
be ascertained here
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-12-06
Fred A. Matthes

Wilmington lost an outstanding citizen when
Fred Matthes succumbed to heart attack
in his Forest Hills home late Monday afternoon.
Although he retired from active business
some years ago he remained chairman of the
board OF the Tide Water Power Company and
continued to take prominent part in civic af-
fairs until the end.
MI Matthes who spent much of his boyhood
ard young manhood in the West, having at
tenaed the University OF New Mexico at Al
berquercue and Leland Stanford university at
Palo Alto, California, had been associated with
Tide Water since 1922, serving fol- many years
&c the utility president, but found time to par
t,cipate IN many undertakings in constructive
way. A though so much of his time was abb
scrbed by business he had fine talent for
friendship and enjoyed to an unusual degree
the respect and high esteem of his fellow
cit;zer.s.
He was a man of strong convictions, rein
{ reed with the courage to hold fast to what he
considered right From this community's view.
point anc in view of the difficult problems that
mus be solved in the postwar era, Mr.. Matthes
clear vision and deep insight of conditions will
Re sorely missed.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-12-06
The Literary Guidepost

1t to MN. He was subject to MEM
cry lapses-not just minor ones
such as we all have when names
escape us, but longer and much
more serious ones. This is all gone
into diligently by Miss Britain but
it could be skipped.
Halkln is a pianist, presuma-
lily and after the war is done he
prepares for London debut which
never comes off because he has
another of his memory lapses, plus
collapse. Eventually he goes off
to run mis- fathers business. and
Later still he breaks up at the be-
ginning of this war. All this Miss
Frlttan tells by the back-and-fill
method; the book drips glashbacks.
many OF which only muddled me
up, and 80 per cent of which could
DC avoided handily. There are, in
aooltlon, illusions that don't ap-
pear to hitch, and curious frenzy
winch attacks whenever Miss Brit
taln's pacifis. propaganda begins to
ouoele up. Miss Britain has every
right to be a pacifist, and no right
ST all to call this thin, unreal book
. novel.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-12-06
Jaycees Unite Projects

TIE Junior Chamber of Commerce. which
vas quick to sponsor the sale of tuberculosis
ronds ard has made good Roadway in their
sale has undertaken another project Of great
value ard woven the two into single na44ern
Next Sunday the Jaycees Will start thair
waste Paper collections on as systemati, :,
program as a railroad operates and will DO.
vote the proceeds from this effort to .ha MIR.
chase OF tuberculosis bonds The orgao;za4ion
feels that if it is worth while to offer 4hee.
fondt for sale it is also worth while r., h,,v
them
Committees have been at work on tha n.nor
drive p. ogram for some weeks with reylt
that large fleet of trucks has been mad.
available for their use, crews selected. die
pafcher named and other details, all of which
Will contribute to the success of the venture
Perfected
The only factor still to be determined is
The cooperation of the public. Trucks will ira.
verse every neighborhood. All that is necessary
is for house-holders to place their old news.
papers and magazines or cartons at the curb.
The Jaycees will be on hand to do the rest.
rheNpaper will be weighed in as each load is
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-12-06
Himmler Tops In Germany

Stockholm has spread rurnor that Joachim
Rib.entrop, the Nazi foreign minister is to
be dropped and that his successor will be
Arthur Seyss- Inquart, German governor of Hol-
land
The dismissal of Won Ribbentror would create
no surprise. He has been out of favor for long
time because he has put across no more deals
with countries the Nazis want to control. His
treaty-making days are thing of the past
Naturally there is nothing to do but cast
him aside.
The only phase of the rumor that attracts
special attnetion is the announcement that Won
Ribbentrop has been in Himmler's bad graces
for long time The Stockholm dispatch SAYS
nothing, about Hitler. It is Himmler, the ges
tapu chief and head slaughterer who is men.
toned.
No dispatch dealing with the internal affairs
OF Germany mentions Hitler these days. It's
always Hmrnler-Himmle~ this and Himmler
that Even Goering and Goebbles get slight no
tice. Obviously it is Eimmler who will direct
the home defense of Germany when and if the
European war is carried deep into Reich ter.
rltory That can mean only as great suffering
fer the German people as for Allied troops who
fall into German hands
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-12-06

But the German infantry kept
coming and McCaffrey called for
more artillery. When the Germans
had surrounded the house, he Or
dered the artillerymen to blast the
entire area, including the building.
They did, blowing the roof off the
house and pocklng the sector all
around it and driving the enemy
infantry back.
But you wouldn't have known
from listening in that Lieutenant
McCaffrey, who escaped unscath-
ed, wa; calling the shots from
within that building itself - and
from a second-story window, too.
Even those calls that are funny
later, seldom are at t h e time.
Here's how college football rival
ry once entered the combat pic
ture:
Both Capt. John w. Thomson,
Jr, and 1t. Robert R. Bait have
resided in Washington, D. c. But
the former, VINO used to be a re-
porter for the Washington Star,
went to Princeton and the latter.
the son of War Production Board
Chairman William L. Bait. went
to Harvard.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-12-06
Smokes For Britain

An American newspaper was complaining
edltorially the other day that opequarter of this
years tobacco corp had been allocated to the
British Empire.
why it wanted to know, should we turn
over so much Of our tobacco to the British when
we're pnched for it ourselves?"
A pretty good answer to that querulcus
question might be found in the British White
Paper that was made public the next day, even
though there is no tangible connection between
our c;garet shortage and the document titled
Statistics Relating of the War Effort Of the
United Kindgon' which tells in the quiet I'm
reinstatement of figures, the tragic, magnif-
icent story Of British resistance
The White Paper reveals that war causal-
ties in Britain's armed forces are greater than
ours even though Britain has only third Of our
population. 1t reveals $1,000 civilians killed by
enemy action, and 81, 900 wounded; one out of
three British dwellings damaged and one out
of 80 destroyed.
all Britian's manpower and OF half its woman
power. Tabulations unfold story Of soaring
taxes, poor food, WORKOUT clothing, complete
disrepair t almost everything
But there is more to the story than the White
Paper tells. American correspondents who have
keen in France, Belgium and Italy report that
nowhere in these countries dd thew see the
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-12-06
BY KENNETH L. DIXON

ON THE WESTERN FRONT,
Nov. 29.-DelayeO-R6The folks
back home who used to listen tc
the gossip on country party lines
should listen to combat line chat.
ter over the Army's field tele'
phone system.
Sometimes it's a little hard to
know exactly when to swear, when
to laugh and when to heave a sigh
of relief.
There was the day when t h e
third battalion of the 18th Infan.
try took the town of Bistroff in
Lorraine. They needed big CUR
support and the 219th Field Ar.
tillery supplied it. Out in front,
calling signals for h artillery,
was lone forward observer, 1t
Robert T. McCaffrey of Lincoln,
N. H. He saw German troops
spearheaded by two tanks ap-
preaching a two-story house at the
edge of the town.
The first tank hit a mine. Nc
Csffrey called back and got the
big guns shooting about so yards
from the house The second tank
was abandoned quickly by its
crew. Machineguns and rifles Of
the nearby doughboys vi them
down.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-12-06
Burley Tobacco Ceiling
Expected To Eoual 1913

WASHINGTON, Dec. s. Up -
Burley tobacco ceilings, which the
OPA expects to announce tomor-
row or Thursday, probably will
be about the same as for the 1943
crop. it was learned today.
Clearance of a new schedule
through the War Food Admins
tration was reported to nave de-
layed announcement of the cell
ings. OPA officials had said ear
lier that they hoped to release
the schedule about December L.
While the agency refused to dis
close the new prices, a reliable
source indicated the schedule will
not be much changed from that
of last year.
OPA announced recently that
the new ceilings will be set so as
to return an average of Al cents
a pound to growers.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-12-06
WITH THE AEF
Fr0ntline Party Lines

! Neither of them was thinking of
that the other night. Bait needed
code signal which Thomason
knew. Their only contact was the
telephone which might have been
tapped by tn enemy. They
couldn't say the word so they had
to doubletalk it. Thomson tried
several methods but none worked.
Finall,' the captain had brain
storm.
What would you say if Prince
ton beat Harvard in a football
game?" he asked.
81 get IT, Batt said promptly.
The pre-arranged signal was
Lucky Tiger"
Pvt. John McGrath of Crabtree,
Pa, was crawling across open ter
rain the other nigth on patrol.
when. suddenly, voice doomed
out directly in front of him: why
don't you 60 back?"
He iroze and broke into cold
sweat. Then the voice went on,
''It's long journey to Berlin, etc.
etc." The German propaganda
loudspeaker hooked up to a ~le-
phone line soon was silenced by
Yank artillery and John crawled
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-12-06

y, .rk. Of strain and suffering that they OBJ
served in England.
ENGLAND is tired and hungry and nerve
,,,r.cted The people of its southern coastal
to,,ns were literally in the front line for four
vears Under uncelenting fire from planes,
o,oes Channel artillery and, finally, robot
bombs.
Bm Britain has endured it all with courage
nd with austerity-" austerity' fashions and
..usterity'' living. Nor have the English COM
,,,,ined like the Italians who, almost before
:, ov 1,;s down the arms they had borne against
nc we're finding fault because we did not do
more for them.
Surely we have helped the English nightly
But did they not help us too, when they alone
=, tho world fought back the conquering Nazis?
Somehow, in the light OF all this, it doesn t
s,ono too important whether the British En-
MIRO will actually get quarter of our 1914 to-
h,cco crop or not Few Americans would think
If great sacrifice to offer cigaret to friend
and neighbor who had been through harrow
ing experience
II seems rather ungracious that some of us
stou,d resent it when this simple friendly ges-
t,re is performed on national scale
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-12-06
BY JOHN SELBY

account Rendered." by Vera
Britain Macmillan; $50.
This is the gracious season when
books stop arriving by the dozen,
and it is possible to go back little
and consider some that have been
shouldered aside by the press of
their neighbors. Vera Britain S
. Account Rendered,' is one of these.
Miss Britain is a propaganda;
not a novelist, and she should
never have cast Account Render
ed in the latter mold. And the
lady is so anxious that all her
readers should get her priceless
point that she batters her book
(and her readers) into kind of
pulp.
In theory she is writing a novel
about an impossible, not to say
boring, fellow named Halkin.
Halkin was a youth at the time
Of World War l, and unfortunately
he was sent to France just after his
mother, upon whom he had a fix
alton, was buried Actually, Halkin
was buried, too A shell tossed lot
Ct earth over him and since he was
'-ine for a psychosis. the dir gave
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-12-06
MATTHES FUNERAL
SERVICES WILL BE
HELD HERE TO-DAY

Funeral services for Fred A.
Matthes, IA, chairman of tie
board of directors Of the Tide
Water Power Co., who died at
his home in Forest Hills, MONDAY
afternoon, will be held at $3.50
p. N. today from the chapel d
Andrews mortuary, with the Rev
William Grove, Jr., pastor Of the
First Presbyterian church, off,
ciating.
Burial will be in Oakdale ceme'
terry, with members of ST. Johns
lodge No. l, A. F. and A. M, in
charge of the Masonic rites.
Active pallbearers will be LIN
wood D. Latta, E. E, Kilburn, l.
H. McAllister, T. J. Baird, Leslie
G. Bass and Davis H. Howes. Hon
orary pallbearers will be j. Holna
Davis. Sr., w. w. Bell, L, j. Po.i'
son, ]. Holmes Davis, Jr., A. l.
Jones, Paul A. Wilson, E. L.
White, Walker Taylor, Thomas W.
Davis, DR.. Graham Barefoot d.
w. Houston Moore, E. A. Lane7
and Bruce B. Cameron, Jr.
Mr.. Matthes is survived BY @
widow, who was Miss Edna VIZ
nell, of Albuquerque before tneD
marriage on Nov. u, 1885, DI
sons, Louis H. Matthes, OF Beau
mont, Texas; F. A, MattheS J,'
of Wilmington; 1t. Col Cecl! l.
Matthes of Wilmington, and nv.
serving with the United o'sg'
Army in New Guinea, and H. n
Matthes, of Conway, ;. u o''
brother, E. E. Matther OF o'A
Bernardino, Cal; five granocn|
dren, Misses Alana Jane Mal1'.
and Edna Matthes, of Wilmington
Miss Elizabeth Matthes, OF Con,
way; Miss Mary Ann MattheS' u
Beaumont, and Kenneth Ma''A'''
= Conway, and several meceS an
nepheWs.
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Daily Prayer
FOR FITNESS FOR VICTokl

FOR FITNESS FOR NlClohi
In a stern and costly ScAo ..
Thou, O God, art preparing u.
world for new life of unity o., n,
Justice and peace. Probe al w, W.
hearts, one by one, by my PRIV Thy
dences to an understanding Oh ~
great goals in this world VplT so',
Which " Satan and mis- legions nav ".
loosed upon us. Thou MAKES TN. nj
wrath of man to praise Thee' t ..u
overturnest evil to bring ~ .s PS
good. So we beseech Thee 10 nv" ~,
upon the heart of every one =. VI 4,
that we may be made III W. a,irs
new era that Thou are H .,a5er.
ready for cs. Deepen our u ~ re.
standing. Quicken our 5eilse vow
sponsibility. Equip US win d VIE ,sJ
and Christly unselfishneSs. -r aSsIl
us avid to know Thy will 30 5 diyi.
we achieve the newness OF lNG IN,
dual life that will carry ou' d ls
plans for new world. w. W5'4 thank ak
fession of our sins, and with ' 4pa,
fitness for all Thy help in . ',fnr
past, we leave this PRAYER I@rinl
Thees O most noly ana lo ;.ss
Father, in the name of the n : ."'"
ceding Christ. Amen 49,
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-12-06
Ndzi Loss In 6 Months
Said To Be $500, 900

PARIS, Dec. 5. -(P)- The Ger
man army in the past six months
has lost 100000 men plus the
services of 60 satellite nation divi-
sions-some of which now are fight
ing the Germans, a French army
spokesman said tonight.
In summary of German
strength, the Army spokesman
said the Germans mad lost in killed,
wounded and captured 100000
men in France; I,o50,OOO on the
Russian front and 100000 in Italy.
Germany's manpower shortage
now is so critical, he said, that the
Reich only can bolster the fighting
front at the expense of vital war
production. The shortage already.
he added, is jeopardizing Ger
many's budget of ~ good divi-
sions on the Western front.
On May 10. the French spokes-
man said, Germany had a force
on 460 divisions-37o of them Ger
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-12-06
Cotton Manufacturers
Association Secretary
To Retire From Duties

CHARLOTTE Dec. S. R w.
M. McLaurine, OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Ct the American Cotton Manufac-
turers Association for the past Ia
wears. announced today he has ask.
ed to be retired from active duty
effective April &c. 1945, the end OF
the associations year.
Prior to his connection with the
association, McLaurine was secre-
tarv of the Georgia Cotton Manu-
facturers Association. Before that
he taught in the West Tennessee
State College for Teachers, and at
Georgia Tech