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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-06
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By Democrats.
Make Switch In Their Cur
rent Pre- Convention
Campaign Policy
ATTACK OPPOSITION
CHARGE COP With Making
CAPITAL OF Inconveni-
ences OF The War

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5.-A-Ad-
r,inistration D enc crats have
.witched emphasis to domestic is
sues in their current pre-conven-
t s campaign, as Republicans get
readv TO select next Saturday in
Now Mexico the first delegates to
either political national conven-
ton.
Roth Robert E. Hannegan, new
chairman of the Democratic Ma
tional committee, and Senator
OMahoney, of Wyoming, just
named to direct the 1914 drive to
reflect Democrats to the Senate,
are charging the opposition with
efforts to capitalize on popular dis
content with wartime economic
controls.
Must Answer Charge
Hannegan told a Jackson Day
rally in Alabama that patriotic
Americans realize that economic
sacrifices are necessary and that
Republicans must answer to the
charge of making capital Of in
conveniences arising from such
things as rationing and price con-
trolls.
O'Mahoney, in taking over the
Senatorial Campaign committee
craftsmanship, said the transform
alton of the nations economy to
meet the requirements of war has
been burden which has produced
discomfort.
There is already an evident at
tempt to mobilize these discontents
In such a manner he added, 'to
overshadow the substantial accom-
plishments of the last ten years"
These replies to an accumula-
ton of Republican charges Of
"bungling" and ''mismanage-
ment" on the home front may re-
ceive some rebuttal attention in
the Lincoln Day speeches the G.
OPP. leaders are planning at about
1000 dinners throughout the coun-
try next Thursday, Friday and Sat-
urday. Some Republican leaders
are sounding the battle cry that
their party would win the war
quicker by improving home front
administration.
Dissatisfied
Expressions of dissatisfaction
with the administration came also
over the weekend from Chica-
60 meeting which organized 1.-THE
American Democratic National
(Continued on Page 6; Column 81
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AMERICAN TROOPS TAKE KWAJALE7N,
EBEYE, LOI ISLANDS IN MARSHALLS;
RUSSIANS SEIZE LUTSK AND ROVNO
Allies Repulse First Powerful
Nazi Drive On Anzio Beachhead

fought with everything from
snipers to tanks in the house to
house fight for Casino, forti-
fled gateway to the Liri valley.
While the Germans in the
south fought to delay the Fifth
Army's advance through gaps
in the Gustav line and prevent
the junction of the main body
with the units holding the
beachhead, it became evident
that the Nazi offensive south
of From was in its early
stages. The Germans still
probing for a weak spot at
which to fling their main at
tack.
(The German cOmmunique
quoted Berlin military spokes-
men as saying that the fight
ing in Italy had reached "such
violence and embitterment'
Continued on Page Five; Col.
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ing of Wewak that fires still burn
ing from the first days attack
and those started anew were Wis
ible for so miles.
Other American airmen took
advantage of break in the wealth
er to bring the aerial war back
to Rabaul, Japan's oft-bombed
bastion on the northeastern tip
Of New Britain.
At least 10 enemy planes were
shot down over Rabaul, the COM
munique reported. At least 40 and
probably 1872 more planes were
destroyed over Rabaul last month,
Madang and Alexishafen, i'm
portant supply and air bases in
New Guinea, were also hit from
the all
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BY EDWARD KENNEDY

BY EDWARD KENNEDY
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS,
Algiers, Feb. 5.-(P)-Ameri-
can tank destroyer units and
British infantry successfully
heat off the first concentrated
German assault against the
two weeks old Allied Anzio
beachhead and late today were
reported holding tight to a line
north of Carroceto, "A miles
south of Rome.
A 3 p. M, battle front dis
patch from Daniel De Luce,
Associated Press correspond
ent, said Allied forces had abb
sorbed a German tank and in
fantry attack and in bitter
counter-charges had restored
breaches in their line. Ameri-
can tank destroyers were cred
tied with definitely knocking
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WEATHER

FORECAST
NORTH CAROLINA Cloudy Sunday
and Monday with showers in mountains
Sunday afternoon and central and east
portions Sunday night Continued warm
Sunday. Colder Monday in west and in
central portions Sunday night.
Eastern Standard Time).
Meteorological data for the "a hours
ending 80 p. M, yesterday.
TEMPERATURE
1 80 a. M, 40; 1880 a. M, SO; 1880 p.
M, 81; 1880 p. M, SIS. Maximum 60;
minimum So; mean 40; normal Al.
HUMIDITY
1880 a. M, 70; 1880 a. M, 100; 1870
p. M, 40; 80 p. M, 30.
PRECIPITATION
Total for the "a hours ending 7:3o
p. M, 900 inches; total since the first
of the month, 600 inches.
TIDES FOR TODAY
(From the Tide Tables published by
u, S, Coast and Geodetic Survey.
High Low
Wilmington - 7:52a 2:26a
8:11p 3:02p
Masonboro Inlet -------- 5:58a ----
Slip 12:1op
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,JAPS NOT HITTING
! BACK IN PACIFIC
Admiral Connolly Sur.
prised No Retaliatory
Blow Attempted
BY JOHN r. HENRY
Representing the Combined AM
erican British PresS)

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
ABOARD A COMMAND FLAG
SHIP. KWAJALEIN ATOLL, Feb.
4-(Delayed) - Rear Admiral
Richard L. Connolly today ex-
pressed surprise that the Jap
anese have not yet attempted any
retaliatory blow to thwart the
Marshalls invasion, either by
aerial or surface forces, or by
other weapons.
Admiral Connolly, whose nome
is in Waukegan, ILL.,, commands
the task force which brought IN
the fighting Fourth Marines fo1
their brilliantly executed assault,
which resulted in the capture Of
Roi and Namur Islands in the
Kwajalein atoll.
eff the japs attempted to strike
back. we don't know about it,
Admiral Connolly said. II thought
some of the Japs might get OF
Roi and attack us while we were
approaching for the assault We
also prepared for aerial counter
measures.
cts too early yet, though, to
tell whether the enemy's navy will
elect to fight"
He described the purely naval
aspects of the invasion as ''Duck
Soup" -.
While the last shots were being
fired on Roi and Namur and the
Marines were Selling six more
small islands in the northern part
of the atool, Connolly and other
officers toured the battle area
this morning.
The inspection party included
Major General Harry Schmidt
commanding the Fourth Marine!
which carried out the initia
assault, and Major General Holl
and M. Smith, USING, command
ing General of all Pacific Amph
ibious troops.
All were pleased with the de
vastating effects of naval gunfirt
and aerial bombardment.
General Schmidt, whose comm
and post was established ashore
Continued on Page Five; Col. 2,
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US. AirFleet Of1,4O0Planes
Raids Maxi Airfields In Franc|
HEAVY OPERATION
Many Large Bombers Slash
To Outskirts. OF Par
is And Tours
BY AUSTIN BEALMEAR

LONDON, Feb. 5.7R)-An Amer
lean armada of probably 1,40O
planes carried out one of the wars
heaviest operations against null
..iple targets in France today, with
neavy bombers hammering six OF
the Germans prize airfields to
wind up two weeks of the most ter
rifle sky bombardment the world
ever has known.
The U. S. Flying Fortresses and
Liberators slashed into France to
the outskirts of Paris and Tours.
The six airfields hammered to
smoking wreckage have been used
by Nazi planes flying to Britain
and challenging the Allies Reich
bound bomber fleets.
"StrOng Forces"
While official figures were lack
ing. U. S. Army headquarters said
she attacks were carried out by
ssstrong forces which probably
mean that 700 heavy bombers es-
corted by around 500 fighters drop.
ned something like 1000 tons OF
bombs.
At the same time huge forma-
1ions of medium light bombers, IN
Guiding more than 200 American
Marauders, pounded mysterious
German installations on the French
channel coast blocking the direct
invasion route. British Bostons and
Mitchells hit still another alr1lelo
IN northern France.
Twelve Allied planes, lncuding
TWO U. S. heavy bombers, failed
ia return from the days opera.
tons, an Army communique said
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ALARM SYSTEMS
TO Be INSTALLED
Will Be Placed On Each
Floor OF Hospital And
Carolina Apartments

Fire Chief J. Iuddie Groom an
nouneed Saturday the approval for
purchase, by James Walker hospi-
.sl and the Carolina apartments,
VI new fire alarm sy.terns that
viii permit the summoning of the
. .,. department by means of
sI located on all floors Of
Doth buildings.
ehlef Groom declared that the
new equipment is a progressive
Inward r.. step in eliminating the
pos s Of destruction by fire
; anu added that he is recommends
lug the same system for other
'@cl S:g in the city.
Snlef Groom said the setup
"oulo consist of a master box for
. . OF the buildings, with alarm
sm. .a, on each floor. For
A'sfly' James Walker Memorial
!~ohtlnued on Pape a. Coluron a.
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Advances Run To 10 Num-
Der OF 3O-Odd Islets
! Now In U. S. Hands
GAIN NEW AIRFIELD
Wake Bombed For 18th
Time By Two Squadrons
OF Coronado Planes
By WILLIAM NIPPLE

U. 5. PAClFlC FLEET
HEADQUARTERS, PEARL
HARBOR, Feb. 5. - R -
Clinching Americas grip on
the biggest atoll Of Japan's
Marshall islands, Seventh d.
vision soldiers have killed
virtually all defenders and
captured Kwajalein, Ebeye
and Loi islands of the Kwa-
jalein group.
Seizure of these three stra-
tegic points at the southern
end of the atoll, announced
today by Adm. Chester w.
Nimitz, runs to Is the num-
Der of Kwajalein's 30-odd is
.ets now in American hands.
Many of the remaining is
lands are militarily unimpor-
tant.
The victory affords the allies
another potential airfield on Kwa.
jalein island and seaplane bases
at Ebye. -Four division Marines
earlier had swept across Roi and
Namur islands to clinch control
of the north end of the atoll.
Attacking Gugegwe
Continuing their steady push UP
the eastward edge Of the big atoll,
army troops already are attack
ing Gugewe, just north of Loi, ad-
miral Nimtz' press release said.
Gugewe had been strongly forti.
fled, and Japanese artillery difinite-
ly answered the might American
fleets pre-invasion bombardment.
On Loi, invading troops wiped out
the Japanese garrison quickly aft
err similar heavy Smelling and
bombing. Gugewe is expected to
fall soon.
Kwajalein was captured four days
after the first troops landed, Feb.
l. The battle was bloody, pillbox-
by-pillbox struggle, but its OUT
come was never doubtful and
American losses remained moder-
ate. Ane early KWajalein island re-
port of 1880 japanese to q Amer.
leans killed has been maintained,
: front-line reports state.
Carrier-based planes still roam
widely over the Marshalls, sup
porting the ground invasion. Eni-
wetok atoll, in the northwest corn
err of the Marshalls, an important
enemy supply base, was bombed
Feb 8, Admiral Nimtz said.
He also announced Wake Island,
600 miles north of the Marshalls,
was bombed for the eleventh time
Friday night by two squadrons OF
Coronados.
Army medium bombers attacking
other Marshall island targets
Thursday night sank small
freighter in Jalui atoll, and Mill
atol was machinegunned and
bombed by freighter planes Feb.
5.
No U. S. planes were lost in
any of the raids, presumably car
ried out to keep down possible
japanese attempt to bring in ad-
ditional aircraft. 4
Eniwetok - 1855 nautical miles
northwest of Kwajalein and about
$50. nautical miles from U. S. bases
in the Gilberts-has been the enc
my's principal staging point for
bringing planes into the Marshalls
via the Carolines. Yet only two
enemy planes were caught on the
Continued on Page Two; Col. A.
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out four German Tiger tanks
in one engagement.


in one engagement.
The dispatch by De Luce
said that in day-long support of
the threatened British salient
Allied artillery shelled the Ger
mans so heavily that ''scores OF
Nazi prisoners appeared dazed
and giggled Historically" as
they we're led to Allied prison
camps.
German casualties were es-
timated to have been extreme
ly high in their futile attempt
to wipe out the salient.
Allied forces were being re-
grouped to contend with an eX-
pected about German drive to
wipe out the beachhead and re-
lieve pressure on Rome ana
Nazi troops fighting in SOUTH
ern Italy.
On the main Fifth Army
front. Germans and Americans
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Continued on Page Two; Col. A.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-12-29
ADVICE TO IT BIISNtR>
BY MARK ETHRIDGf

Publisher of the Louisville Courier
journal, in the Annual Don Nellctt
Lecture at Kent state University,
Kent OHIO
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-12-29

ELECTRIC CIlCBN MOTORS.
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, IN HOLLYWOOD

duCee CoWan has to be careful,
Twelve million readers Of Pyle 5
column stand ready as a jury TO
push CoWan off the nearest cliff
if he doesn't do right by their
Ernie. Also, Ernie himself has
threatened dire things if he's pic
tured as a movie reporter"
A couple Of Ernie's pals, in
Guiding United Press writer
Chris Cunningham, still think
Burgess Meredith would be the
ideal screen Pyle. Burgess
doesn't look as much like Pyle
as Albert Roosevelt or even
Walter Brennan, but they figure
he could do a better acting job.
The Army, they believe, would
loan him to CoWan.
But Producer Cowan, it seems,
has different ideas.
kaSper Nj o n h n, drama
editor of the Pittsburgh Press,
sent CoWan a photograph of AL
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ding on the hand, yet you can
see that it was not difficult for
South to get six-diamond con-
tract. The opening lead was won
in dummy with the ace Of clubs,
a club was trumped, dummy was
entered with the spade king and
the heart finesse was taken. The
ace Of hearts was caShed and a
heart ruffed in dummy. Another
club was ruffed, spade led 10
dummy's ace and the fourth club
ruled. South cashed his diamond
ace, which left East with three
trumps 10 the queen. A spade
was led, throwing East in and
forcing him 10 lead into dunn
my's king nine.
AS Jack points out, East could
have defeated the contract by
dropping his spade queen under
the ace or king, and by under
ruffing the fourth club. Then he
could not be thrown in and
would be bound to make a trump
trick.
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BY ERSKINE JOHNSON
NEA Hollywood Correspondent

II Q l. l. Y w 9 O d - Holly
wood show Of shows in a year
marked by stupcndouS box Of
flee receipts and spectacular,
gigantic, colossal productions,
was simple honey story that
cost little TO produce and sur
prised everyone by crossing
nearly 100000.
Yes, your first guess is right.
The picture was Going My
Way" in which Bing Crosby and
Barry Fitzgerald scored superb
hit. Paramount expected it to
be just another Bing Crosby pic
turC. 1t cost only 1887, 900,
which is confetti in Bagdad on
the Pacific.
The year was a scrappy one
for the movie capital, with stars
fighting each other and their
bosses. But the battles which
warmed HollywOod-s> heart took
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ground out-musiCals, comedies.
heavy dramas, the almost docu-
mentary wilson" films with
war backgrounds, and psyche
logical thrillers They ovIran
the theater Hobbies and gulped
down 10 tons of popcorn and
6,879,324 candy bars while
watching Sinatra's tonsils and
Betty CRADLES hips.
The trend, tough, was away
from war pictures and back TO
comedy and drama.
Despite record breaking box
office receipts, il was a year for
new faces in Hollywood. Out
standing discoveries of the year
were Lauren Bacall. the sultry
New York model who clicked
big opposite Humphrey Bogart
in ITO Have and Have Not" 49,
year-old Gloria dc Haven. daugh-
ter Of the famous Carter de Hav-
ems Of vaudeville fame, John
Kodiak and Van Johnson.
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OUR FACTORY FIGHTERS

The furlouehine Of experienced men from the
Army to work in tire factories does not mean that
our labor shortage is becoming alarming. It simply
means thot tire manufacturing is heavy work. Much
Of it can't be done by ATS, the oeine or women.
Before synthetic rubber was sufficiently Plenti-
full, tire factories had to lay off many men. They
went to other factories into service Today, with
ample rubber it is easier to bring back former work.
ers from the Army than to alter present employment
regulations.
And these men will still be in the fight As the
enemy retreots and destroys railroads. these supplies
must be moved by truck. Trucks mean tires. And
since synthetic tires wear out more quickly than
those of natural rubber and frequent casualties
oone with the trucks thot they CORY, there must be
added production and quickly
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bert Kennedy Rowswell. Cowan
Immediately invited RoWsWell
to Hollywood to take screen
test
HOMESPUN HUMORIST
"RoScy' has no acting eX-
pcriencc. He is a "humorist, phi
loSophcr and author" Also an
after dinner speaker on such
subjects as The Value of a
Laugh" and From the Heart Of
the Poet" Also radio announc-
cr for the Pittsburgh baseball
games. Roscy has been married
for 80 years, has two sons, 25
and II. The former is lieuten-
ant in the Air Corps.
Albert Kennedy Roosevelt
hasn't got the role of Ernie
Pyle yet. But, naturally, he'll
be a little disappointed if he
doesn't. He is the spittin' image
of Pyle and the same kind of a
hOmCSpun guy.
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Rowing Reporters

place at the box offices, where
record crowds fought for seats.
Receipts were the greatest in so
years of the galloping tintypes,
an estimated billion dollars.
The years No. l super dooper,
Since You Went Away" cost
$4,000, 900, but will be far down
on the list of the 10 biggest
mOncy-makers. Others in the
top ten include "A Guy Named
Joe" 1.-TWO Girls and Sailor"
Wilson" Pin Up Girl" This
Is the Army" MIR. Skeffington,"
Destination Tokyo" "Gaslight,"
and The White Cliffs of Dow
cr."
But with everybody going to
the movies without the lure of
free dishes and automobiles, even
bad pictures made money in
1914. There we're no sensational
flOps and even buds like the
highly touted Hitler Gang" and
the Cary Grant picture, Once
Upon Time showed small
profits.
Cary Grant didn't have 10 wor-
~, though. He was HOllyWoOd's
1914 moncy-making king, along
with Headman Louis 3. Mayer
of MGM and Bing Crosby.
Working on salary and per-
centage deal, Grant collected
nearly a million dollars. His per-
centagc of films released over a
tWo-year period was $4,000
in one month of 1914 alone. But
when you have TO pay a tax of
1927 900 on a million dollars net,
YOU amt millionaire.
CROSBY COLLECTS
Between radio, records and
pictures, Crosby collected about
the same.
You could take your choice
this year for queen of the movies.
Half a dozen actresses shared
box office and salary honors.
Tops financially and with the
fans were Greer Carson, Ingrid
Bergman, Irene Dunno, Ginger
Rogers, ClaudCttc Colbert, Bet
tc Davis and Betty Cradle. All
averaged around S250,000, which
was small compared TO Claud-
cites S450,0Ge take in 1943.
But ClaudcttC, poor thing, had TO
struggle along on only 100000
this year, working in only one
picture.
Oddly enough, Americas high
est paid entertainer of 1914.
Frank Sinatra, earned only
100000 as a film actor. But
with records, radio and personal
appearances, this brought his
weekly take to around $4,000
(catch me, I'm Swooning) which
amt bobby socks.
LIKED EVERYTHING 81
MoviCgocrs liked just about
everything Hollywood 5 cameras
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BY PETER EDISON

Small round pocket mirrors
were given out TO the Filipinos
by Gen. Douglas Macarthur S
psychological warfare and pub
Nicity people when u S. troops
Invaded the Philippines. A few
Of these souvenirs have been
brought back 10 the United
States and have become valua-
BILE collectors items. They have
a bright yellow metal back, on
which there appear the flags O.
the United States and the Phil
ippines in full color. Above
them is a small likeness Of Cen
cral Doug himself, also in full
color and giving the salute. And
above that, around the rim, is
the printed legend, Il WILL
RETURN. ;"
When Assistant Attorney Gen
eral Norman Littell got the
presidential bounce at the De-
partment of Justice after his re-
cent row he called a conference
with his staff TO say goodby 10
one and all. Attorney General
Biddle sent word TO him that he
couldn't do that he WASH t
working there any more.
PRESCRIPTION
Senator Guy NJ. Gillette, Of
Iowa, who has been trying to
make the gallon club" by Civ
ing blood to the Red Cross, got a
little rundown in health after
being tapped for too many pint
transtuSionS at 60-day intervals.
SO he went to his doctor for a
check-up. The Senator was in
due course sent 10 the Naval
Medical Center for a thorough
examination and when the re-
port was ready, Senator Gillette
went to hear the bad news.
Cut down on your drinking
a little" suggested the doctor.
But l don't drink" said Sen
ator Gillette.
We'll, maybe you'd better Gu,
down on smoking a bit"
But l don't smoke, either, u
the senator protested.
Well" the expert finally
prescribed, then you'd better
cut down on your eating"
Brig. Gen. Carlos p. Romulo
hero of Bataan and Resident
Commissioner of the Philippines
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By ERSKINE JOHNSON
NEA staff Correspondent

NEs StdII
He looked like Ernie Pyle. He
talked like Ernie Pyle. Same
height, weight and build. But
his name was Albert Kennedy
Roosevelt.
Just call me Rosey," he said.
He had just stepped out Of d
plane into Ernie Westmore 5
makeup chair. Westmore look
ed at photograph of Ernie Pyle
and then looked at RoSey.
"Hmmmm," said Westmore.
There isn't much to do"
He broadened Roseys nose a
little with liquid rubber, high
lighted his cheek bones and
fluffed up his hair on the sides.
That's it," Westmore said
Producer Lester CoWan beam
ed.
The coat-the coat" Cowan
said.
Somebody handed CoWan an
understood coat with ragged
holes in the elbows. 1t was the
coat Ernie Pyle had worn to the
White House last winter. 1t has
been hanging in the office Of
Producer Cowan ever since he
purchased the film rights TO
Pyle's book, Here Is Your
War" Whoever played the role
of Pyle in the movie had to fit
the coat, Cowan said.
1t was Rosey's turn to beam.
The coat fit perfectly.
II feel like Cinderella he
said.
FIRST TO TEST
Albert Kennedy Rowswcil,
who flew in from Pittsburgh,
was the first TO take screen test
for the role of Columnlst Ernie
Pyle for &c. l. Joe the movie
version Of his book.
There will be other tests,
probably of Walter Brennan and
Jimmy Gleason, OF a New York
actor named Teddy Newton and,
perhaps, OF one or two Of a
thousand write in candidates.
It's Hollywood'S toughest cast
ing problem Of the year and Pro
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MCKINNEY ON
BRIDGE
BY WILLIAM f. MCKINNEY
Americas Card Authority

l received today'S interesting
hand from Jack Kushner of
Springfield, Mass. Jack has al
ways been interested in promot-
ing the INT system of bidding.
He is one of Springfield's out
standing players, and is quick to
recognize nice hand.
He failed TO give me the bid