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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-09-15
Proposals Invited for Constructing
Refuse Incineraior
Wilmington, North Carolina

Sealed proposals will be received by Mayor and City
Ine Of the City Of N on c g at the the c
ncinerator capacity Of 225 tons
"a which time and place they will be publicly
ed and read.
The work for which proposals invited consist of fur
nishing necessary material equipment
erection complete incneraor plant consisting of two units
Of furnaces suitable building chimney of size and all
appurtenances
specifications and open for
public inspection the office Of the City Engineer City Hail.
Wilmington N c. and the office Of Associated General
Contractors Charlotte c. be obtained from the
City Engineer the deposit Of Five $500) Dollars which
viii be refunded to bonafde bidders
General Contractors that Act to Regulate
he Practice OF General Contractng ratified by
4ueny amended will be observed receiving awarding
general contracts Plumbing and Heating
ST. 1885, observed in receiving and
awarding plumbing and heating contracts.
Each shall be accompanied by deposit OF
certified check bank or trust company au
horized to do business North Carolina equal
to not less than Five 800 Of the Proposal;
thereof cash deposit go and bid bond
of failure Of the successful bidder with
North Laws Of 1855 Section chanter
AGO. and Mche North Carolina Code 1885, Section 1884 COZ
! and 1916 (a)
contract conditioned performance of the con-
Dor and furnishing materials equipment apparatus for
connection with the work under the contract
The right is any all bids and to waive
all formales to award contracts which in the
opinion Of the Mayor and City Council appears to be for he
best interest of the City, ~
must be enclosed envelope addressed
strucng 1ncinerator All proposals must be MI
upon provided and in contract
bid may be Withdrawn after the closing time for
receipt Of bids for a period Of 80 days. ~ ~
Any after the scheduled closing time for H..
receipt will be returned bidder unopened ~ ~
j.. LouGHL1N. City Engineer J. R. BENSON, City Clerk
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-09-15
NAVY MOTHERS CLUB
TO BE FORMED TODAY

Mrs. E. J. Ryan, formerly of Will
mington and now commander of
the Jersey City Navy Mothers club,
has arrived in Wilmington to help
with the organization meeting of
the local Navy Mothers club this
afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. The
meeting will be held at the Sorosis
club on Third Street.
The object of these clubs is to
make it possible for mothers to
meet at stated times to study and
gather knowledge regarding the ma
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-09-15
CHIN lRRlrArIoNs OF
SNnN EXTERNAL CAUSE

Acne pimples, eczema, factory dermar
tits, simple ringworm, letter, salt rheum,
bumps, (blackheads). and ugly broken
out skin. Millions relieve itching, burn
ing and soreness Of these miseries with
simple home treatment. Goes to work at
once. Aids healing. works the antiseptic
way. Use Black and White Ointment only
as directed. l0c, Csc, Soc Sizes Is years
success. Money-back guarantee. Vital
in cleansing is good soap. Enjoy ia
nous Black and White Skin Soap daily.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-09-15
HOSPITAL GETTING
FIRE ALARM BOXES

Master control fire alarm boxes
have been installed in the Carolina
building, it was report
ed yesterday by Fire Chief J. l..
Groom, and work is underway on
the installation of 16 of the newest
type of alarm boxes in James
Walker Memorial hospital.
Chief Groom said work at the
hospital would be completed within
the next six weeks, providing there
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-09-15

of living had gone up more thai
Is per cent and that wages shoult
be raised IF the nation is to full
fill its pledge to its workers ane
its fighting men," It made no re
commentators or comment.
The steel panel, likewise createe
as a "fact-finding" agency, made
no recommendations for or againsr
any of the 10 union demands which
the 86 steel companies involved If
the case estimated would cos
them in excess of 700 million dol
lars.
The wage increase alone would
cost $500, 100000, the companies
testified, while the union estimated
it at $211, 100000.
Industry members, in supple.
mental report, asserted that grant
ing of such raise would IN
crease the consumer purchasing
power in the country to an extent
that would seriously imperil the
entire national economic stabiliza'
ton program"
The steel panel had little favor
able to say about the steelworkers'
No. 2 demand-a guaranteed an
nual wage. The panel stressed the
seasonal fluctuations in the indus
try, over which the industry has
no control.
If the unions demands were
granted and production fell to the
1868 levels, the companies, be-
ing required to employ or pay
100000 people for 40 hours each
week, would have too much pro
duction by So, 700, ooO,o 900 per year"
the panel said. ITO employ 500 COO
people for 40 hours each week.
without paying for time not
worked, the industry would have
to sell materially more than IS
per cent of its capacity protiuc-
ton.
1T is questionable whether this
industry could undertake to use
unnecessary man hours for the
purpose of producing for inven-
tory" the report continued.
The panel found it a proper
natter for the board to consider
the vacation request-one week for
those with less than three years
service and two weeks for those
with longer employment.
It was lukewarm about the sew
erance pay provision-Four weeks
pay for those with one to three
years service and eight weeks for
those with more than htree years
in the plant. if the plant
should be closed permanently.
Neither did the panel show great
enthusiasm for the sick leave pro-
posals of the union.
On the demand for shift differ
entials-five cents an hour more
for afternoon work and 10 cents
an hour more for night work-the
panel reported that the companies
estimated the cost at Sal, 400, 600
while the union figured it at $780,
100000. ..
The unions request for six hoi-
days in the year, with time and
a half for working those days.
evoked no comment from the panel
beyond review of the arguments.
Equal pay for similar work
throughout the industry, another
union proposal, would, in the opin-
ion Of the panel, "obstruct rather
than promote further collective
bargaining efforts to stabilize the
internal structure Of the steel in
dustry."
Elimination OF geographical
wage differentials, while a prop
er subject for collective bargain
ing" would require an exception
to the boards established policy
against disturbing established wage
differentials during wartime" the
panel said.
The unions suggestion for a
group insurance plan would t
be "infationary" the panel said,
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-09-15
Boeing Aircraft Head
Succumbs In New York

WICHITA, Kas., Sept. 14-RH
Philip G. Johnson, so year-old
president of the Boeing Aircraft
company Of Seattle, WASH, died
shortly after noon today at St.
Francis hospital.
Stopping here on a routine visit
with local Boeing officials while
en- route to Seattle from the east,
johnson suffered a stroke Tuesday
night.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-09-15
MISSING OVER GERMANY

NEW BERN, Sept. IA 1t.
George w. Anlsen, OF the Army
Air Corps, is reported missing
over Germany since bomber
mission on August rs, according to
word received here from the War
department by his wife, who was
formerly Doris Lee Taylor, daugh-
ter Of Mr.. and Mrs. L. P. Taylor
of New Bern.
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THE WILMINGTON MORNING STAR. WILMINGTON. N. c.

wv. and to inform and influence the
general public as to the require
ments Of national defense and its
j,,%iec
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FRIDAY, SEPTEMPFp -,

present plans. PUN TO
=, with the new equipment it r,,
be possible to determine fl. VIII W
l me late source Of an alarm v i'm,
out loss Of valuable time, fl. WV" ~
chief reported. e IRE
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-09-15
RIO GRANDE RIsr>,o

n; MEXICO CITY, Sept l4.-,e
dispatches she to the secretary VII Of =,
was rising rapidly and tb n.aAa'
tense IS works on the Mexic s,r' d! DE-
Oh 1ne river were threatened sue
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-08

lust as British children should of America.
Lack of such knowledge has been at the
bottom of much misunderstanding on both
sides of the Atlantic.
Mutual knowledge Of the geography of the
United States and the British Isles would seem
to provide a solid foundation for better I'M
Outstanding.
We received a letter not long ago from an
English friend asking if we knew certain
man who lived somewhere on Puget Sound,
body of water he said was a part of the
Massachusetts coast line. We had good
laugh of course. but finally woke up to the
fact that our ignorance of Englands geogra-
ply is no less amazing.
Our conclusion is that if we British and
Americans can get together on our separate
geography We'll be better able to get together
on more important matters and be in a pro-
ferred position to act together with greater
harmony, as we must if the world is to BE-.
come safe abiding place for everybody.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-08
Tin Cup Passers

Eric Johnston. President of the United States
Chamber of Commerce, told House COM
n1ittee on postwar policies that state and city
demands for Federal support of their puohe
works must din1inish-that local governments
are generally in condition to finance their
aeeds..
At Chicago meeting of the American So
ciety of Planning Officials member OF the
New York City Planning Commission stressed
the Importance of Federal State financial
aid in carrying out the postwar plans OF the
greatest city in the United States
Commenting on municipal begging, the wall
Street Journal said the New Yorker lis lar
from alone in holding out the municipal tin
cup, or dishpan'
If cities haven't the ability and pride to
handle their own postwar financing, the ma
tion can kiss the idea of balanced national
budget goodbye and prepare for Federal taxa
ton. and initiation that will make dollar
bill look like a thin dime.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-08
Education Would Help

In an address at Trenton, NJ j., recently,
Kenneth Lindsay, Scottish member of the Brit
ish parliament and former under-secretary for
education of Great Britain, expressed the opin-
ion that there should be much more liaison''
between America and Britain "at every level
of the educational structure
If as we all agree the United States and
Great Britain must shoulder the chief load
of world accord in the future, though it take
an army and navy to enforce it, surely closer
educational fellowship would be of tremendous
advantage. This fellowship cannot have too
early a start.
While Mr.. Lindsay probably has in mind
the exchange Of fellowships and scholarships
in leading universities. there is no good reason
why the movement should not begin in ele-
nentary school in all English-speaking coun-
tries Our children ought to know more Of
the history and geography of Britain. as a
foundation for better understanding Of Brit.
i. aims government. resources and ambitions,
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-08
Restrictions Ease Off

Easing of certain Office of Price Admnstra-
ton restrictions are well calculated to bring
comfort even solace, to a variety OF needy
citizens.
One example is found in the fact that
home folk may fill their storage tanks with
heating oil as soon as they receive their ration
coupons from local boards instead of waiting
for release date formerly.
Another is that quota restrictions have been
lifted from coal and wood heating stoves. Any
one may buy stove, if available at retail
stores, as soon as a certificate is issued by
the local board.
Electric ranges also are off the prohlolteo
list. Householders need only present to the
dealer certificate showing that he needs one,
that his house has inside and outside wiring
and that the electric company has assured
him it is ready and able to supply current
And what will bring consolation to women
generally is the announcement that paper nap
kns and facial tissue are due to be more
plentiful in the near future. Summer picnics
and summer colds need not depend upon linen
and cotton accessories this year.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-08
Squeeze Play Starts

The first days operations of Allied invasion
forces met greater success than even the most
optimistic observer anticipated. This was due.
of course, to the great superiority Of air and
naval protection provided for the landing fore
es, and in large measure too to the large
contingents of paratroops dropped from the
skies behind the enemy's coastal defenses-a
maneuver which was repeated on larger
scale yesterday when a glider parade fifty-on
miles long took off from England's shore.
But we believe that the initial invasion s
success may also be credited to the fact that
the Germans probably were expecting to he
struck first and hardest in the Calais area
and had concentrated their heaviest forces
and equipment whereabouts.
This can be determined only at later date.
In the meantime it is safe to think that the
attack on the LIE Havre-Cherbourg coast, far
to the SOUTH surprised the enemy as much
as the sudden and unexpected landing at Anzio
did during the campaign in Italy. The effort
row necessarily must be to prevent the enemy
from bringing up reinforcements, as was done
at Anzio, and creating a months-long stale
mate.
Obviously this is being guarded against
Among the chief duties assigned the para
troops is to destroy conmunicat and trans
port behind the coastal lines, and both the
Royal Air Forces and the American Air Forces
have been pouring a deadly fire into rein
forcenents being rushed toward the area Of
greatest danger to the Germans
While there is no Allied confirmation of Ger
man reports that additional landings have been
made or are being attempted in the Calais
Dunkerque area, it is reasonable to assume
that sooner or later such landings will be ef-
fected. 1t is definitely in the Allied program
to hit the enemy at many places and so keep
MIN shifting from one front to another so
steadily that he cannot concentrate the bulk
of his resistance in any one place.
This was the battle plan of Marshal Foch
in the last war, which finally broke the back
of German resistance and forced the surren-
on the British Isles are now strong enough
to employ these tactics. We may expect to
hear of further landings on the channel and
North sea coast simultaneously with the re-
opening of Russian operations on the Eastern
frcnt and in time, thrust northward through
the Balkans.
The Allies have come out Of the huddle
and the squeeze play is definitely started.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-08
Farmers Confused

A most amazing situation exists in the ma
tons field of agriculture, according to THE
Farm Column of Fortune for May. It shows
we had 82,2O00O0 head of cattle as Of Janu-
airy 1, as against ten-year average Of &C.,
100000; and 83,8oO,0oO hogs, as against ten
year average of $1,000 O0O and that the chief
cash return to farmers is from livestock and
livestock products, not crops.
It is estimated that the needs of dairy cat.
tie, beef cattle, sheep and lambs, horses and
mules, swine, turkeys, chickens and ducks,
will be 145, 1884, 900 tons of concentrate feeds
for the feeding year. and that we are IL per
cent short of that amount
I'm essence, the problem resolves itself
down to the price of feedstuffs. Ceiling prices
on feeds says Professor Cunningham pre-
vent prices from rising to sound the danger
warning and check livestock production before
feed supplies are exhausted. In free market
price situation, rising feed prices would taper
off demand.
Under the circumstances it appears that
bad situation may become worse and could
be extreme in event Of the quick end of the
war;
In the meantime price ceilings, floors SUBJ
sides, rationing and crop controls, confuse
the farmer who is in a large measure help
less to meet his problems
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-08

The War .
.o BY kIRKE L. SIMPSON
Associated Press War , ooN

c,1ardas Iress War Analvs.
ported from Allied invaSia 'sl re-
quarters guar er brought cheering mead H,ad,
from the Normandy beachbs,S%o word
the second day of the sec t11rsq is as
in Europe ended. '0'io 'front.'
All landing beaches b.a
cleared, it was stated 'a a1 oea
some still were under ensn rtiloush
lery fire; and linking.un 'y arsl-
lions had been carried out IT s, opera
1ully at some points. The co nuvGsSs'
ton of wide coastal bra So!loa'
the vaunted Nazi west wall 1 ID a.l IN
ress Europe evidently wa ~ | a ort'
ceeding unchecked bv Stit. pro-
German resistance aioft .ns
the ground. 'No on
That is the osseotja, +ir..
toward whatever NAV bo b f.. Step
Allied objective The Anglo rls next
can forces III France need A an
room to muster the men and e e1U3~
ment for their follow-up NJ tqa u
coastal breakthrough. Bv M; me
count the breach already ey cyl, 'S.
from the western coast Of tbo N ~
bourg forelanl of Norn9ansIu ef-
the wide Seine mouth South NJ
Havre, a COOL 100 miles airIin ~
The reticence CT Allied headmas
tiers to give much detail is siT,i
ficant. 1t inJ Gates that Cens sr,,
Eisenhower and his staff bolier.
the foe still Confused and uncert,;,'
as to the st4ageglc concen,ion
underlying the Allied attack in Mr.
mandy, still doubtful that if ;c uot
in part, at least, feint in torcs
designed to pave the way for
another, deadlier attack close IA
the heart of Germany.
Furious Fighting
There have been repcts of furious
Ilgntlng on the Cherbourg perrin.
sula and that emphasized one as.
pect of the selection of NORMANDY
as the scene of the invasion. What.
ever the real Allied purpose in
picking the Normandy beaches. it
cannot be doubted that Cherbours
and its docks and waterside facili.
ties is an important item.
Despite probably Nazi demoli-
lions, Cherbourg harbor in allied
hands would serve to quicken the
massing Of powerful forces fully
| equipped in France. Big ships could
make fast turn-around trips from
England to its docks. Allied all
mastery would keep them relative.
ly safe from Nazi air attack.
The value of Cherbourg and its
Continued on Page Ten)
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Italy's Future

Even the least prejudiced among us find
It difficult to foresee a glorious future for
italy with authority still vested in the House
of Savoy. T h u h Victor Emmanuel has
stepped oft of the picture Umberto his son
Is not capable Of improving the situation I'M
less he possesses attributes his past has COM
pletely hidden.
Not since Garibaldi made the great mis-
take of placing the House of Savoy on the
Italian throne has Italy occupied the place
among nations which it's past should have
given it.
It must be the task Of those with advisory
powers in Italy, from now until such time
as the Italian people determine for themselves
what kind OF government they wish to live
under, to see to it that the temporary gov
eminent headed by Umberto treads straight
and narrow path
1taly's history since the Roman Empire,
clearly indicates the countrys greatest
achievements have been in the arts nd
sciences, not in government. Michael Angelo,
Leonardo da Vinvi, Dante were not politi
clans. Their contributions were greater thar
any made by the greatest Of 1taly's rulers
Would this not suggest that italy may still
achieve greatness in cultivatins the natura
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-08
BY JOHN sELBY
"Martin Dies" by William &c


lerman (Johp Day; $3).
One of the major disadvantages
of book publishing is the time
lag between the inception of an
idea, and publication of the book
expressing it. This lag has, in part,
betrayed William Gellerman, who
many months ago began the
job of reading every word of the
testimony before the Dies com
mittee, every speech of Martin
Dies, everything he ever published
and a vast amount of subsidiary
material in the Congressional Rec
ord and other sources. Then, a
few days before the book was to
be published, Dies announced he
was not running again for t h e
House of Representatives because
of a bad throat condition. desire
to return to the practise of law
and so on.
"Martin Dies bristles with ref
erences to Mr.. Gellerman's source
material. 1t is stuffed with quota
lions from the mouth Of Dies,
Starnes, and other members of the
Dies Committee, with samples
from the hearings, with comment
in and out of Congress on the
course of the committee, and with
Mr.. Gellerman's own interpreta.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-08
The Literary Guidepost

ton of this material. It would be
difficult for any reader to reach
the end of the book without a feel
ing of discomfort, whether he is
sympathetic to the committee
ideas, or otherwise.
These are some of the charges
made by Mr.. Gellerman:
He declares that Dies is a "chal-
lenge to the American way of life:
that he is trying to defeat liberal
candidates in the 1914 elections
that he is spearhead of Ameri.
can reaction, used deliberately and
knowingly by his supporters; that
the public does not understand the
true COLOR of the committee !:
that Dies himself constitutes a
greater problem to America than
call the 'subversives' he has 'ex-
posed put together
Gellerman's book is based on the
thought that Having dignified his
own peculiar social philosophy as
'Arnericanism,' Dies demands that
all others accept this creed, or be
accused of 'un-Americanism'." He
specifically charges that Dies has
used all the devices of propaganda
in an effort to persuade the public
that liberalism is akin to commu-
nism, and to provide America a
"catharsis'' similar to that pro-
vided Germany by Hitler's perse-
cution Of the Jews
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-08

talents Of its people, lineal heirs of the gen
fuses here named, rather than in aspiring to
political prominence?
Modern Italy produced Verdi, Marconi and a
score more master composers and scientists
Why can't Italy's future produce geniuses as
great or greater? Perhaps it can if its people
are encouraged to develop in the channels
nature has opened for them to travel. Ger
tainly it cannot if they are hamstrung by
government.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-08
Da;lyPrayer
FOR A SENSE OF GOD

In humble and reverent worship,
we bow low before Thee, O In
finite and Eternal Creator n d
Ruler of the universe. We acknoWl-
edge Thee and adore Thee as the
only Supreme Sovereign of GU r
souls. Our prayer today is for a
clearer God consciousness. We
would be more and more aware
of Thy reality and of Thy near
ness. Give us a full sense. we
pray, of Thy Father nature. In all
the ongoings of our lives may we
know that Thou art within us ard
all about us. May we mediate,
consciously and often, upon Thy
nature, Thy will, Thy word. Teach
us to see Thee in the lives of all
about us, and IN Thy providences
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-08

Don't feel so bad about t.,
colonel
Doolittle paid no attention. But
the sergeant kept at him.
cts as bad as it seems.
Why, I'll bet you that within a
year you'll have a Congressional
Medal for it and be a brigadier
general
Doolittle just snorted.
well, I'll bet you So" the SER
geant said. "And I'd like to ask
one thing. AS long ae you're flying
I'd like to be your mechanic
That finally got inside Doolittle' S
gloom. Somebody had confidence
in him. He began to buck up. So
he said:
''Son, as long as I've got an air.
plane you're its mechanic, even if
we live to be a thousand years
old"
AS you know, he did get Con-
gressional Medal of Honor, and
now he has not only one star but
the three Of lieutenant general.
And that sergeant, who devoted
himself to Colonel Doolittle that
miserable night out there in China,
was still General Doolittle's me.
chanic the night they landed at
Youks les Bains in February OF
1943. He was one of the men who
ran for the shell hole that night.
General Doolittle had to write
the letter to his parens.