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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-10-28
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SATURDAY, OCTOBER -
5:30--Family Altar.
7:4S-Musical Clock.
e;oo-Daily War Journal.
s:l5-Musical Clock.
8:3o-United Nations News NeVue'
e:ooLThe Breakfast Club.
io:oo-Fannie Hurst Presents.
10:3o-What's Cooking.
l0:55-News Summary.
l1:0o-Chatham Shopper.
ll:l5-Trans-Atlan Quiz.
1l;3O-Meditation Period.
l1:00-Let's Dance.
12:3O-Farm and Home Makers.
l:O0-News.
l:15-Musical 1nterlude.
l:2@News - Whining ton Star-News
1:3o-Eddie Condon's Jazz Orch.
:o0-Army-Duke.
-2.:5--r ootball Game.
<:30-Horace Heidi.
5:3O-After the Game.
5:45-Hello Sweetheart.
6:O0-Holy Church of Jesus Christ.
6:15-News-U. P.
6:25-News Wilmington star-News'
6:3n-Sundown Serenade.
7:oo-Gallup Looks at the Election.
7:15-Football Roundup.
7:30-Meet Your Navy.
S:00-Early American Dance Music.
s:30-Boston Symphony.
s:00-Dem Natl Com Pgm-Trunan.
s:3o-Parade of Spotlight Bands.
e:5@Coronet Story Teller.
10:00-Guy Lombardo.
10:30-The Man Callel x.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-10-28

The War Food Administration
has in the United States about g.
100000 tons Of foodstuffs on hand
70 meet emergencies.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-10-28
n. C.. HOGS

RALEIGH, Oct. 27.-tREMCDA)
Hog markets steady with tops Of
14.4o at Clinton, 14.55 at Rocky
Mount and 14.65 at Richmond.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-10-28

CHICAGO BUTTER, EGGS
CHICAGO, Oct. 27.-R-Butter
firm: receipts 537,588. Egg re-
ceipts 4,404.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-10-28
NEW YORK COTTON

NEW YORK, Oct. q. = R =
The cotton futures marked devel-
oped an irregular pattern today as
traders continued to await actual
operations of the government cot
ton purchase program. Closing
prices were IS cents a bale higher
to Is cents lower with the near
months relatively steady on ag-
gressive mill buying and covering:
Market advices reported mill
buying spot cotton has been
small during the past week. Ship
pers are taking the bulk of the
offerings in the southeast.
Futures closed IS cents q bale
higher to Is cents lower.
Evening star., 1944-12-29
Ward
fContinitnd From EirSt pa on \

NSOlltllluCO rTOIll rlISL HdSC.J
headquarters, his secretary said, but
Maj. Gen. Joseph w. Byron, military
manager, had not appeared late in
the forenoon, although his staff was
on hand in Offices near Mr.. Avery's.
Byron Confers With Union.
Gen. Byron conferred last night
with officials Of the union involved,
the CIO United Retail, Wholesale
and Department Store Employees,
including Leonard Levy, executive
vice president; Henry B. Anderson,
president, and Francis Heisler, at
torney, of Chicago Local 20.
Presumably the discussions con-
cerned putting into effect terms of
the presidential seizure order in
cluding wage increases and back
pay, maintenance of union member
ship and extension of the union
labor contract.
Circulars distributed by the union
today called the Army seizure a
great victory" for the union and
said I'VE return to work today with
the assurance that We will obtain
complete enforcement of the War
Labor Board directives.
Avery Challenges Authority.
Mr.. Avery, in challenging President
Roosevelt's authority to take over
the facilities, said the company
welcomes the opportunity to pre-
sent its case to the courts"
Tha Word hoard nj, La
scribed the Presidents order as In
violation of the Constitution and
one which the company could not
obey.
His statement on the Presidents
order was issued several hours after
it was read to company officials yes
terday by Gen. Byron.
Mr.. Avery reiterated his pre-
vious stand when the Chicago prop
critics were seized by the Govern
ment last April-that the Presi-
dent had no authority to seize the
"nonwar business of Montgomery
Ward"
Wards cannot in good citizenship
accept or obey the commands of
those who have no legal power to
give them and who are seeking to
deprive Wards of its constitutional
rights and liberties" Mr.. Avery's
statement said.
Won't Tolerate Interference.
Mr.. Roosevelt. in his statement.
said the Government cannot and
will not tolerate any interference
with war production in this critical
hour" and that Wards would not be
allowed TO set aside Government
wartime policies "just because Mr..
Sewell Avery does not approve of
the Governments procedure for
handling labor disputes"
In the six other cities where Ward
Evening star., 1944-12-29
Newspaper Circulation
Reported at New High
ny the Associated Press

kS lNe Associated fIeS8.
NEW YORK, Dec. 20.-More peo-
pie are reading newspapers than
ever before, the annual circulation
survey by the magazine Editor d
Publisher showed today.
The overall increase in morning
and evening newspaper circulation
was 3.3 per cent over 1943 for an
aggregate of 28,565 ,387 copies as OF
September 80, the magazine said.
For Sunday papers, an increase OF
90 of l per cent to a total of So
582, ,039 copies at the end of Septem-
Der also set new record.
The tabulation covered 1O4 morn
ing, 145 evening and 143 Sunday
newspapers.
THAT is not a picture Of readers
who have lost confidence in their
newspapers" Editor g. Publisher
said. go 1t is a perfect example
Of faith in the honesty and integrity
OF the newspaper they buy"
The magazine estimated the read
ing public spends upward of $685.
100000 annually for newspapers,
which is more than twice what it
pays for magazines and $153, ,0O0, 600
more than is spent for all other
reading material combined"
Evening star., 1944-12-29
BY THOMAS X. HENRY.

In this mornings mail came a
Christmas card from the United
States 1st Army.
1t was mailed, presumably, a few
days before the German counter
attack was launched in Belgium,
forcing the correspondents and pub
lie relations officers to abandon the
most comfortable billets they had
occupied since D day. The last I
knew they were installed in fairly
modern apartment house in a Bel
gian town, the only difficulties with
which were that the elevator rarely
worked and the water supply was
available only two hours a day.
Buzz-bombs occasionally landed
in the neighborhood. There was a
terrific explosion which rocked the
building one night. The next day
correspondents were told, entirely
off the record at the time. of a ter
rible new weapon which had been
used by the enemy in the vicinity.
So far as we knew this was the
first time anybody had seen it.
Actually the rocket bomb had been
dropping on England for a couple
of weeks and this one had hap
pened to go astray.
Victories Recalled.
The Christmas card bears on its
face the black capital A, which Is
the shoulder flash of the 1st Army.
The inside consists of rough map
of the British Isles. France, Bel
gium, Holland and the Rhineland
crossed by three red parallel lines
the routes followed by the army
through Normandy to Maastrich,
Aachen, and the edge of GERMANY
over the border Of Luxembourg
Steps along those routes were
the occupation of the Cherbourg
peninsula by the 7th Corps, the
reduction Of St Lo by the 10Th
Corps, the taking of Paris by The
5th Corps. the capture Of Aachen
by the 7th and 18th Corps, the
crossing of the German border by
all three corps.
1t was the 1st Army which landed
on D-Day. 1t was the 1st Army
which destroyed the German forces
in Normandy. 1t was the 1st Army
which liberated the eastern half
of Belgium. 1t was the 1st Army
which first stepped on German soil
This army has fought every day
since June g. Always it has had a
tough job. There are many men
in this army who have not rested
since the invasion. 1t has been
confronted continuously with the
best German troops. 1t contains the
veteran divisions who went into
Africa two years ago and, except for
a few months training in England
last winter, have battled continu-
ously ever since. It's losses have
been heavy.
The 1st Army always avoided
for itself or its units. Men,
regiments, divisions kick
like mules now and then about
Evening star., 1944-12-29
Ships

Continued From First Page }

terial with which to supply, the feet
and its auxiliaries with flrepower
have shown q tremendous increase,
the greatest Of which was in the
cost Of rockets. which jumped from
-, ,726,000 in 1S43 to $97, ,764 900 in
1914. Guns and mounts expenditures
jumped from 1896 ,07s 900 in 1s43
to 1921 SOB 900 in 1874; fire control
$238, ,546, 900 to $311 ,112,0OO; am
munition from $718,512,0O0 to ST.
066, ,663, 900: torpedoes. $145 .488 900 to
s240 .406 000 bombs from $50578 900
to $67 900 900.
With the basic combatant Navy
already on the high seas" the Navy
commented, 1.-The task OF keeping
these ships and planes plentifully
supplied with shooting power takes
on continually greater importance.
Without the newest. most potent
ordnance. the fleet might lose power
at time when a Sunday punch
may mean the difference between q
quick or slow victory"
Broken down, the mighty strik-
ing force of the Navy-in its war
ships-is shown in this compilation
OF construction since l94I.
Evening star., 1944-12-29
BiddIe
Continued From First Paee)

the court" on the Governments petit
ton in Chicago yesterday for a per-
manent injunction to prevent the
Ward Co. from interfering with the
seizure.
If there is any considerable delay,
however, Mr. Biddle added, the Gov
ernment will ask for a temporary
restraining order.
Mr. Biddle asserted that the Gov
ernment agrees that the War Labor
Board orders on Montgomery Ward
were mere recommendation and not
enforceable as such, but he said the
| companys property was seized to
prevent any interference whatsoever
with the war effort. He added that
prompt court action could be ex-
pected since there were no facts ir
dispute in the case, only a point of
law involving definition of the COM
pany as a war plant.
Fears Spread of Defiance.
Mr. Biddle declared the Govern
ment was not so much concerned
with the failure of Wards to comply
with WLB orders as it was with the
possibility that defiance of the Gov
eminent might spread to other
plants.
1--WE are concerned with the threat
that all of our wartime stabilizat tior
machinery might break down." he
said
Mr.. Biddle said he expected the
Ward case eventually would end ir
the Supreme Court, adding I'VE Ger
tainly will take 1t there if we lose
in Chicago"
Evening star., 1944-12-29
u. ). 10 Protest Nazi
Shooting Of Prisoners
By the Associated Press.

ny the ASSOClhIeQ 1reS&.
The United States Is preparing to
protest the shooting of American
soldiers captured by the Germans
during their push into Belgium.
The State Department is gather
ing from the War Department evil
dence which will form the basis of
the protest. The information and
the warning that German author
tiles will be held responsible when
the day Of reckoning comes will
then be transmitted to Berlin
through Swiss diplomats.
But there is little expectation
that this gesture will accomplish
any positive results. Among mill.
tary men there is a growing con.
viction that the German high com.
mand has thrown the rules of wal
completely out
The evidences are cited to support
this conclusion. One is the shooting
Of prisoners, particularly by Won
Rundstedt's leading armored ele-
ments. Apparently they had orders
not to bother with prisoners since
that would have slowed up their
advance.
The other is the use of a spy"
force. trained saboteurs and as
sassins dressed as American soldiers
and equipped with American mu-
nitiOnS.
Evening star., 1944-12-29
Correspondent AssoiIs Critics
OF 7st Army and British Unit

fighting and dying anonymously.
They intimate. perhaps unjustly
that all organiza tionS have not been
so modest. For many months it
was forbidden to mention in news
dispatches one of the two or three
outstanding divisions In the 1st
Army-probably for security reasons.
Never Met Hodges.
Actually I never have met the
man who has commanded the lst
Army from st. Lo to Aachen. 1t.
Gen. Courtney H. Hodges-an ex-
buck private-doesnt parade him
self before correspondents. There
Is no more fuss and feathers about
him than about his immediate pre-
deceSSor who is regarded as one of
the outstanding military men of
this war, 1t. Gen. Omar N. Brad
ley.
The 1st Army, as was appropriate
has been holding the most vulner-
able sector of the American line in
Germany. 1t was against this sector
that the German counterattack was
launched. 1t succeeded, perhaps be-
yond Marshal Won Rundstedts ex-
pectations. Here in Washington
there is criticism. 1 don't know, Of
course, what has happened. For all
I know 1st Army intelligence-the
intelligence which made possible the
landings in Normandy-may tenn
porarily have been defective. But
I doubt it. l do know that the lst
Army CO has been extraordinarily
effective and efficient in the past.
British Praised.
Another thing that makes me see
red. refer to criticisms of the 2lst
Army group, the British and Cana
dian forces commanded by 1t. Gen.
Sir Miles C. Dempsey, which are
on the Allied left flank in Holland,
From D day 1t has been their job
to hold the pick of the German
Army, first on the Caen sector and
now in Holland, while the Aneri-
cans make advances around the
ends.
Over and over again around
Washington folks ask: What are
the Limies doing?"
They have been doing just what
the American 1st Army forces have
been doing dying in foxholes.
They do not talk about it. Gen.
Dempsey also has been chary Of
publicity.
On D day, Bill White of the As
sociated Press and Wright Bryan
of the Atlanta journal were at
tached to the Canadian Army and
made the landings with them.
l didn't see them until about As
days later when they drifted into
the lst Army press camp, greatly
The only way can get a story"
White said, "is to 60 into battle
on squad level and the only thing
can write about is men being
killed-that is. If I am lucky enough
not to be killed myself. You fel-
lows have all the breaks"
Evening star., 1944-12-29
Per Capita Income
Doubled in 5 Years

Average per capita income dou-
bled in the United States during the
five-year period from 1888 to l943,
with Is States and the District fall
ing to meet the rate of increase for
the Nation as whole, the Fedora
ton Of Tax Administrators reported
in Chicago yesterday.
The report, based on Commerce
Department data, showed a rise in
national per capita income from s5ll
to an all-time high of $1,031 last
year, or 50 per cent more than dur
ing the boom" year of 1929, an As
sociated Press dispatch said.
Highest income payments on q
per capita basis in 1888 were re-
ceived by persons in the District,
where payments averaged $1,011.
The highest in 1943, which was
81 ,452, was in Connecticut.
Among the States in 1888, pay
ments ranged from a low of s194
in Mississippi to highs of $786 in
Nevada, s765 in New York and STAT
in New Jersey.
Evening star., 1944-12-29
Bust Of Hull Dedicated
AT State Department;
Sfeninius Lauds Work

A bronze bust of former Secretary
of State Hull, purchased with the
contributions of State Department
and Foreign Service employees, was
dedicated today by Secretary Stet-
tinius in the presence of Mrs. Hull
and 200 department workers.
Calling attention to the fact a
brass plaque on the bust quoted
President Roosevelt's characterize
ton Of Hr. Hull as the father of
the United Nations" Mr. Stettinius
took the occasion to ask for the full
cooperation of those who work in
American diplomacy to bring the
United Nations security organiza-
.tion to full fruition.
The bust, the work of George
Conlin, American sculptor. was pre-
sented on behalf of the department
personnel by John G. Erhart, a de-
partment official.
Mr.. Stettinius characterized the
bost as fitting expression of the
high esteem and affection which all
of us who were privileged to serve
ull0Cl ASl I1IlA . lCduCI oIllp IldfC lOl
him." and added:
This likeness of him will be a
constant reminder of those personal
human qualities of vision and
courage, sincerity and integrity
thoughtfulness and kindness, which
made him so beloved and inspiring
q chief
Its enduring bronze is also SYM
bolic Of the lasting quality of the
principles for which he stood so
firmly and the important results
which he achieved during his -
years of service as Secretary of
State. Like this bust, they will en-
dure for generation to come as re-
minder of his great services to the
country and to the world"
Mr.. Hull retired about q month
ago on the advice of his doctors. He
had been suffering from a throat
ailment and general fatigue. He is
now in the Naval Hospital, where,
according to latest reports, he is
making rapid progress toward re-
covery.
Evening star., 1944-12-29

stores and plants were taken over
by the Army yesterday, no protest
was voiced. These are in Detroit. st.
Paul, Denver, Portland, Oreg.; ia
maica, N. Y, and San Rafael, Calf
Strikes at Ward plants were in prog
ress in Chicago and Detroit, but
ended when the Army presented the
presidential order. There was no ap-
parent interruption Of normal oper-
alton at the plants.
Harold Smith, company attorney,
in commenting on possible legal ac-
ton in the case, said Wards doesn't
contemplate any hasty action; we
will study the issues closely before
taking any counteraction."
The injunction suit, similar to one
filed last April after Wards Chi
cago properties were seized by the
Government, said the fate of the
Evening star., 1944-12-29
Commando KeIIy
Makes $500 Gift
To Army Hospital
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BUTLER. Pa, Dec. 79.-Be-
cause he wanted "the guys to
share my good luck" Sergt.
Charles E. Commando" Kelly,
Medal of Honor winner in
Italy, has given $500 as q
Christmas present to soldiers
in Deshon Hospital.
The money was part of what
the Pittsburgh hero received
from magazine and movie con-
tracts.
Col. c. ]. Gentzkow, COM
manding ofiicer at the hospital,
said Sergt. Kelly arranged for
the gift after he visited Deshon
several months ago. Col.
Gentzkow said the money
would be used to add little
things which are 80 impor-
tant."
Evening star., 1944-12-29
WAR, Petri||o Cases
|0f noncompliance
Not Alike, Davis Says
By the Associated Press,

| BY the Associated Press.
Chairman William H. Davis OF
the War Labor Board says the case
Of James c. Petrillo could not be
likened to that Of Montgomery
Ward.
Mr.. Davis said the action of Mr..
Petrillo, head of the AFL Musicians
Union, in defying WLB orders, did
not constitute a threat to the war
economy. ~
Mr.. Davis late yesterday issued q
lengthy statement at news con-
ference discussing the two cases of
noncompliance with board orders
one by an employer and one by q
union.
Not Impeding War Effort.
Mr.. Petrillo rejected q WLB order
last June that his union lift ban
against making recordings. The
case was sent to the White House
where Sterilization Director Vinson
ruled that the unions noncompli-
ance with the WLB directive was
not "unduly impeding the war ef-
fort" In October, President Roose-
yelt personally appealed to Mr.
Petrillo to comply with the WLB
directive but the union head re-
fused. The Government dropped
the matter there.
Mr.. Davis said that danger to ci-
vlnan war economy, threat of an
epidemic of strikes and a spread of
noncompliance existed in the Ward
case, but were absent in the Petrillo
case.
Meanwhile, Representative Rams
peck, Democrat, of Georgia COM
menting on the Ward seizure. said
| there was mo other course to take"
THE blame. if there is any, is on
| Congress for not having enacted
legislation providing for means Of
enforcing lawful orders OF the War
Labor Board" said Mr.. Ramspeck
who headed special House Com
mittee that investigated the seizure
of Wards Chicago properties last
May.
Representative Andersen, Repub-
llcan, OF Minnesota, commented
that If President Roosevelt has the
power to take over retail establish
ments by using the Army, he also
has the power to take over every
other business or service establish
ment or farm in the country"
Other Cases Pending.
Thirteen other cases involving
Montgomery Ward properties are
pending before the WLB, but Mr..
Davis said they have not reached
the stage where the company could
be regarded as being in non-com-
pliance. One involves the Kansas
City store where a strike has been
called.
Studying Other Cases.
In addition, there are at least a
half dozen cases involving the
United States Gypsum Co., also
headed by Sewell Avery. board
chairman of Wards.
Mr.. Davis disclosed that he has
on his desk, upon reference from
the rest Of the board members, two
u. S. Gypsum cases which he is
studying. These involve properties
at Charlestown, Mass, and South
Gate, Calf. Action might be ex-
pected in these two, at least, he
hinted.
!. The chairman said facetiously
that maybe the Army will order
the U. S. Gypsum Co. to comply
while 1t Is managing Montgomery
Wards"
Evening star., 1944-12-29
Randolph to Push Bill
For Aviation West Point

Representative Randolph, Demo-
crat, of West Virginia will urge
approval by the new Congress of q
bill to authorize establishment of q
West Point" for aviation cadets
his Office announced yesterday. A
similar bill to set up such an acad.
emy for aviation officers died with
the old Congress, but is to be re.
introduced early next month.
Evening star., 1944-12-29
italian commanders just before OF
troops landed at Salerno.
Mrs. Taylor Awaits Cable.

Mrs. Taylor Awaits Cable.
Mrs. Taylor. now with word of her
husbands safe arrival after his
flight across the Atlantic to rejoin
his division, is awaiting a personal
cable. such as he sends her after
each action, but the cables take some
time to come through.
Gen. Taylor has taken part in
four lnvasions, those of Sicily Italy
France and Holland, and after each
of them there has come a reassuring
message.
Gen. Taylor Is a native of Mis-
souri, and graduate of West Point
in the class of 1922. He was at.
tached to Gen. George C. Mar
shalls Office at the time of Pearl
Harbor.
| A 6-footer with coal black hair
he has subsidiary hobby to Ian
guages-tennis. When he returned
home earlier this month his chief
complaint was that in all his time
abroad he'd been able to find only
two tennis balls, picked up in Hol-
! lland-and they were dead ones.
Evening star., 1944-12-29
Smokes Stolen From Truck

William A. Richardson, a driver
for the Washington Tobacco Co.,
631 Massachusetts avenue NV, to-
day reported to police that his
truck was looted of six cartons of
cigarettes and two boxes Of cigars,
valued at 1928, while he was max
ing delivery to a store in the
1900 block of Fourteenth street NV.
Evening star., 1944-12-29

entire price and wage stabilized ~
gram Is involved In the case. M.
Cox said "that is the heart Of the
case, and we want to settle once
and for all this dispute with Wards"
Wards Seeks $50, 900
From Detroit Union
DETROIT, Dec. 20 tP.-Mont-
Igomery Ward yesterday filed $780,
900 suit against CIO union, whose
members were involved In strike
at four of the company's stores in
the Detroit area.
The action was entered in Wayne
County Circuit Court as Army ofn-
GERS took over the stores on presi-
Dental orders and as Roy Scoggins.
union spokesman, declared the strike
was over.
The suit is based on a disturbance
at the firms Dearborn store Wednes-
day, during which about so persons
entered the store, overturned coun-
tiers and tossed merchandise about.
Evening star., 1944-12-29
Lloyd George Expected
To Accept Peeruqe
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
LONDON, Dec. 2s.-David Lloyd
George Britains World War Prime
Minister who has announced that
he will retire from the House OF
Commons after 81 years service
will receive an earldom, it was re-
ported reliably last night.