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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-11
FRENCH-BELClAN
COAST HAMMERED
9Th Air Forces Marauder
Bombers Drop Greatest
Load-1,000 Tons

LONDON, April 10. - (P) - Di-
versified American bomber and
fighter formations up to 1900
strong blasted targets along the
French-Belgian coast and in the
French interior today in operations
which saw the U. S. Ninth Air
Forces Marauder medium bonn
bers drop their greatest bomb load.
more than 1000 tons.
1t was announced that approx
mately 600 fighter-escorted Mar
auders delivered blow which
was the greatest the Ninth ever
has thrown against the enemy in
a single day, dropping more than
1000 tons of bombs" Two bombers
were lost, while escorting fighters
destroyed five enemy planes.
In all, American losses for the
day were four fighters and five
bombers.
The principal target of the Mar
auders was the Namur railway
yards, IS miles southeast of Brus-
sells. Returning pilots reported see
ing strings of cars and sheds blast
ed and big fires started.
Heavy u. S. Flying Fortresses
and Liberators also took part in
the days widespread raids, the
third major operation by the Am
orleans in as many days. The blows
were coordinated closely with sim
liar forays by British bombers
last night.
Strong formations of Raj bonn
bers roared over the British east
coast tonight heading for the con-
tinent few hours after the arma-
da of American bombers and fight
ers had returned.
A single stream of aircraft took
IS minutes to fly over one south
east England coast district.
From Folkestone few minutes
later a powerful concentration of
searchlights could be seen above
the Calais area on the French
coast. Flashes were seen some dis
lance to the left of Calais before
the full moon rose.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-11
81 ARE TRAPPED
BY SNOW SLIDES

GEORGETOWN, Colo, April 10
training for Arctic
rescue work hauled medical sup
plies and water today to "a per-
sons trapped on 11,314-foot Ber-
thour Pass by snow avalanches
that blocked all roads to the con-
tinental Divide pass.
The soldiers, using vehicle
designed to travel over snow,
planned to return from their Echo
Lake camp tonight with food.
Meantime the victims were TAX
ing their plight in stride. Dinner
was repetition of breakfast and
lunch - hamburgers and coffee,
which were getting scarce.
The inn where the thirty-fou-
persons were housed was warm
and there was plenty of fuel. The
babies and small children enjoyed
the experience by sleeping while
their elders washed diapers, tend
ed fires and did other emergency
chores. The youngsters, in fact.
were the only ones completely re-
Taxed.
None expected to be released
before Tuesday noon.
A snoWslide just west of the
summit last night buried two
autos and highway snowploW,
and knocked third car off the
road. Others were stalled on the
highway.
Stanley Maus of Denver, trapped
with the others in the shelter
cabin atop the pass, said the food
supply at the little inn there
dwindled rapidly during the night
after people began to arrive at
the summit on foot from their
stalled autos.
We're going to get awfully
hungry if we don't get some food
in few hours" he said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-11
ACL DERAILMENT
INJURIES y men

MONTGOMERY, Ala, April TO-
-LP)-Twenty-two soldiers were
brought to Maxwell Field hospital
today for treatment of injuries re-
ceived when at least six cars of a
special Atlantic Coast Line passen-
ger train derailed about 20 miles
south of Montgomery.
An undetermined number of 9TH
ers we're given first aid by army
doctors and nurses at the scene
of the wreck. Army officials said
only two of those brought here
were seriously hurt and that it
was believed they would recover.
Cause of the derailment had not
been determined, said M. D. Black,
A. C. L. superintendent. Two of the
cars overturned and smashed into
a string of freight cars in sid
ing, and several sections of track
were torn up.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-11

ricultural Experiment Station, near
Wilmington, who has discovered
himself and given freely of his dis
covery to the farmers of eastern
Carolina. Willis, and his staff of
one, daughter Katherine, have CIV
en- aid to the farmers of this sec
ton who trudged year in and year
out not being able to reap salts
factory results from their crops.
They come to Willis with laments
about their poor potato crops (split
potatoes), green distorted leaves),
flowers (change of desired color,
or too small, dairy COWS (starv-
ing in green pastures unless fed
bought p-oducts), and Willis i'm
mediately tests the soil. refers to
files, experiments and derives his
own theory for the remedy.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-11
WATER PUMPACE
HERE INCREASES

The monthly report of the Water
and Sewerage Department issued
by M'Kean Maffitt, reveals that
there has been an increase in wa
ter punpage of approximately 3d.
900 gallons over March 1913 and
an increase of about 10000 over
1912. The daily average has in
creased from 3, 121, 1000 in 1912. and
1886, 900 in 1943 to 3,858,00 in
March 1914.
The increase over the ninth
month period is noticeably higher
than last years total, 1,160, 06G, 900
as compared swith 983, $4,000 in
1913.
The following repairs and adj
justments were made: renewed 3
water. laterals, 2 sewer stoppa ges,
set 10 meters on old laterals with
out meters previously: removed 5
meters from dead 1aterals; repair
ed and reset SIS meters from So
inch to 2 inch; replaced meters as
follows: 1 inch to "a inch, SO
inch to "a inch and SO inch to
ga inch.
Rebuilt 6 wooden meterbox GOV
ers, made pressure tests, remov-
ed distractions from in front of
one hydrant; lowered 6 meter box
es, repaired 2 water laterals, re-
moved meters for test, repaired
IA meter leaks, reset 4 meters re-
moved for non-payment. Opened
Continued on Page Seven; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-11
U. S. GETS LOOK
AT PREFERENCES
Illinois And Nebraska Will
Vote In Preferential
Primaries Today
BY HOWARD FLIEGER
Associated Press Staff Writer

The nation gets another look to-
day at the presidential vote-appeal
of two Republicans in uniform
Gen. Douglas Macarthur and 1t.
Com. Harold E. Stassen-but the
outcome will have no binding in
fluence on the party's choice of a
nominee.
Macarthur is entered without his
authorization in an Illinois presi-
Dental preference primary against
Riley Bender, Chicago real estate
man.
Stassen is in the Nebraska pref
erence primary without opposition.
Wendell L. Wilkes name is on
the ballot but it lost its meaning
when he gave up pursuit of the
presidential nomination after last
weeks Wisconsin defeat.
In neither Illinois nor Nebraska
will the result of the popular vote
be binding upon national conven-
ton delegates from the two states.
But hackers of Macarthur and
Stassen thumped for a big vote
turnout, each hopeful the result
would start pre-convention boom
rolling out of the Midwest foz
their choice. Stassen won four del
egates in last weeks Wisconsin
voting, and Macarthur got three
Advance indications were for q
light vote, however. in both states
Illinois expected a turnout of about
half the four million registered vot
ers. Nebraska expected vote
lighter than 1925 subnormal 49,,
356 ballots.
In the absence of any important
Democratic presidential contests ir
the two states, politicians watched
for the total vote to see if it would
give any indication of comparative
strength between Republican and
Democratic sentiment. Repub
licans predicted they would get 81
per cent of the vote cast in ILL
nois.
AS for the actual election of del
egates, Senator Butle.. (R.-Neb.)
predicted in Washington that Ne
braska delegate slate backing Gov
Dwight Griswold as favorite sor
will come in ahead of a Stasser
group. Republicans will pick Is del
egates and the Democrats II, with
fourth-term enthusiasts apparent
ly in command of the latter posts
Of the 80 Republican delegate
candidates entered in Illinois fol
the so places to be filled, six have
expressed a preference for Gov
Thomas E. Dewey of New York
three for Gov. John w. Bricker O
Ohio, two for Macarthur and ont
each for Gov. Dwight H. Green
Henry j. Kaiser and Col. Rober
Mccormick, editor and publisher
of the Chicago Tribune.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-11
AUSTRALIAN ARMY
CUT IS DEFENDED
Official Says Criticism OF
Action Due To A mis-
understanding

WASHINGTON, April 10.-R-
The Australian minister tonight
termed senatorial criticism of a
projected 90-000-man cut in his
country's armed strength mis-
understandings of the Common
wealth's total war effort.
Pointing to growing Allied de-
mands on Australia's food produc-
ton, Sir Owen Dixon declared 1.-The
news means no more than that
Australia is adapting her war econ
omy to meet the new demands in
the war;"
Some members of the Senate
Military Affairs committee had
called Australia's decision to trim
her military manpower "shock-
ing" startling" and almost I'M
believable when they first heard
the news. But sympathy for Aus
tralia in her manpower predica-
ment was expressed today by the
committees acting chairman.
Sir Owen SAID the decision would
mean about 10000 special releases
from the armed forces. The bal
ance will come from routine dis
charges fo, battle wounds, disabil-
ity and men who have passed
prime military age. The cut will
not stop the steady intake of young
er men into the armed forces, he
said.
Australia now has IL per cent
Of her manpower in uniform, he
explained, the equivalent of 49,
000,00 United States army on the
basis of Americas population.
The manpower shift became nee
essary, the minister said, to meet
a growing demand for Australia's
civilian-produced goods.
cit is indeed estimated that the
demands made on Australia for
food means that she feeds 5,000,-
900 people in addition to her own
1000, 000," he continued.
1.-The American public may be
certain there has been no change
in the policy of the Australian gov
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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-11
Farmers Of Eastern Carolina Use
Soil Lab To Very Good Advantage

If the farmers have that intesti-
nal fortitude which it takes to ex-
pertinent, he accepts Willis theory
and waits a season or perhaps sew
e..al years to arrive at the result,
which has in most cases proved
successful. If not, Willis starts all
over again and works until he at
tains a workable theory.
Willis takes the completion of
each theory and test as his own
responsibility. He realizes that the
farmer is the biggest skeptic in
the world because he has been vic
timized by everyone with an idea,
and that when man gives ad-
vice to the farme.. he should as
sumo some responsibility. So what
Continued on Page Seven; Col. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-11

anese fell back on badly-bombed
Rabaul at the northeast tip.
In a continuation of bombing op.i
erations Allied bombers silenced q
heavy guns at Hansa Bay, N s.
Guinea, and heavily hit Wews -
the north as Catalinas att
Japanese shipping at Wole
in the Caroline islands.
A total of 131 tons G. !
were dropped on the Hansa
area, scoring not only on gun Pc,
sitions but also fuel dump, start
ing a towering fire. One American
bomber was lost.
General Macarthur in reporting
the Gasmata operation said the
Japanese are in full retreat from
central New Britain to the Gazelle
Peninsula Cat the northwest tip)
where he is preparing final posi-
tons with Rabaul as his citadel.
Installations at Cape Hoskins
and Gasmata have been aban-
doned. Since the inception of this
campaign, which began with our
landings at Arawe and Cape
Gloucester, the enemy has lost 232
prisoners of war and abandoned
4,579 dead. His losses from wounds,
starvation and disease would more
than double this figure.'
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-11

within reach of virtually every
person and business interest with
in continental United States-those
living and operating in small
towns and rural areas. AS well
as urbanites.
With the major airlines concen-
trating upon a globe-circling pro-
gram, H. K. Gilbert, Jr., execu-
tive of State Airlines, now main
tanning headquarters at Charlotte,
pointed out that the smaller lines,
such as his which have been beat
ing the bushes should be given
the opportunity to handle the feed
e. program and to provide pas
senger, mail and freight service
Continued on Page Three; Col. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-11
Fleeing JapaneseOn New
BritainAbandOnG asmata

A LIE D HEADQUARTERS.
southwest Pacific, Tuesday, April
!1.-RNBy-passed japanese troops
nave abandoned Gasmata, their air
ana supply base on the south-cen-
tral New Britain coast, as well as
cape Hoskins on the north-central
coast, and are in full retreat"
foz a final stand at badly-bombed
Rabaul at the northwest tip of the
island, Gen. Douglas Macarthur
announced today.
Gasmata was occupied by the
japanese on Feb. 10, 1912, and has
been bypassed by Allied occupa-
lions on the north coast of New
Britain and the Admiralty islands
between New Britain and New
Guinea.
A spokesman said the japanese
nave lost about one-fifth of an es-
tlmated force of $4,000 on New
Britain.
Since the New Britain campaign
opened on Dec. IS, 232 Japanese
prisoners have been counted and
4,679 of the enemy have been
killed.
Allied patrols have met no re-
sistance at Gasmata OF at Cape
Hoskins, supply and refuelling base
on the north coasts of New Brit
ain, since mid-March as the JAP
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-11
Former Chief Justice
Is 81 Today; Declines
Comment OF Politics

WASHINGTON, April 10.-LR-
Charles Evans Huges, retired
Chief Justice of the United States,
will observe his 82nd birthday
Tuesday, "trying to be as cheer.
full as possible in this war-torr'
world"
On the eve of the anniversary,
he told newsmen in statement:
81 am as we'll as can be reason
ably expected at my time of life.
still cherish the privileges of old
age. I am living quietly and try.
ing to be as cheerful as possible in
this war-torn world
The jurist, who retired as presid-
ing officer of the Supreme Court
on July l, 1871, continues to adhere
to his long-standing custom of not
discussing public affairs.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-11
Graveyard City Of Odessa
Reconquered By Russians
OVIDIOPOL IS NEARED
Fresh Red Army Crashes
II Miles Through
Nazi Defenses

LONDON, Tuesday, April 11.-LB
Gen. Rodion Y. Malinovsky's
third Ukraine Army reconquered
the graveyard city of Odessa on
the Black Sea yesterday and drove
to within six miles of the Nazi es-
cape hatch at Ovidiopol, while
fresh Red army attacking in the
Crimea crashed IL miles through
defenses protecting perhaps 10000
isolated Axis troops, Moscow an
nounced last night.
The new Crimean offensive by
the re-emerging Fourth Army I'M
der Gen. Feodor l. Tolbukhin al
ready has resulted in the killing of
$500 Germans and the capture of
l 1000 in two days, and put Soviet
shock troops inside the top of the
peninsula sealed off last fall
In Romania another Red army
was declared to have forced the
Siret and Suceava rivers in a 65-
mile penetration of that wavering
nations territory, capturing 1870
towns and villages and smashing
to within Is miles of the Campu-
lung oil fields in the north and to
within $50 miles of the rich Ploes-
tt wells in the south.
The capture of his native CITY
of Odessa by General Malinovsky
avenged one of the bitterest Rus
sian defeats of the war. 1t was
a surprisingly sudden triumph
which found the Germans fleeing
along the coastal road 10 miles
southwest to Ovidiopol, ferry term
mus on the four-mile-wide Dnes-
ter estuary opposite lower Bessa-
radia.
The Russians rolled on after
them, hoping to crush large seq
ment of the army which did not
risk a last-ditch stand. Berlin said
Odessa had been wrecked before
the Axis evacuation.
The communique announced the
capture of Alexandrogilf, six miles
from Ovidiopol, as the Russians
sought to annihilate the Axis rem
nants pinned against the coast.
Marshal Ivan S. Konev's Second
Army invading Romania has pick.
Continued on Page Three; Col. s.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-11
Wilmington Is In A Good Location
For Many Postwar Air Services

and small cities whose passenger
potential does not justify sched-
uled airline stops.
Although still in the experiment
tai stage, the scheme is already
being worked successfully in the
East, and plans now contemplate
establishment of feeder airlines in
the Carolinas, with Wilmington as
a focal point, in the program for
expanding postwar air transporter
ton of all types-passenger, mail,
express and freight.
Embraced in the multiplicity
of applications on file with the
cab are proposals for use OF hell
copters small mail pickup planes
and giant airliners designed to
bring postwar air freight express
mail and passenger transportation
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-11
PRESIDENT OFF
FOR A VACATION

WASHINGTON, April TO- Up -
President Roosevelt has gon e
South for much needed rest in
the sunshine and White House
announcement of the fact today
apparently dispelled reports that
me chief executive was planning
meeting with Prime Minister
enurchill in the immediate future.
Inc burst of official publicity on
ue chief executives trip, when vir-
.ualy every move he has made
III wartime has been guarded with
utmost secrecy, occasioned more
comment than did the trip itself.
Inc journey has been expected.
we Admiral Ross T. McIntire,
navy surgeon general and the
sIesloents physician, told a news
rOlAerence last Tuesday that the
RESIDENTS condition is good con-
sueflng that he has suffered dur
.Ag me winter from influenza, sin
~ INJECTIONS, bronchitis and a head
rUIo' McIntire said what Mr..
l'OuSeVelt needed is exactly what
in 1s t mas gone South to get-a rest
III me sunshine.
me White House announcement
W a. me trip was even explicit to
, a.T extent of saying Mr.. Roose-
s w.t. VIII be away about two weeks,
"iesS some unexpected eme-gen-
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-11
ATTEMPT MADE

MEXICO CITY, April 10.-P)-A
Nazi sympathizer masquerading in
a Mexican army uniform attempt
ed unsuccessfully to assassinate
President Manuel Avila Camachc
today and was captured by the
president himself.
The official bulletin on the at
tempt said:
This morning an individual of
military appearance approached
President Avila Camacho when he
descended from his automobile in
the national palace. He saluted and
then fired one shot which missed.
The man in question was dis
armed, arrested and sent to the
military prison for investigation.
Several documents fro Nazi
sources were found in his posses
sion."
The gunman was not named. AL
thorities passed this account of the
incident:
The man, in the uniform of an
artillery lieutenant, waited in the
patio of Honor of the palace
until the president arrived a little
before 10 am. He saluted as the
presidents black, closed car en-
tered the patio and stopped.
AS the nresident left hic cor tho
assailant advanced and saluted
again. The president, thinking he
wanted to speak to him, waited
until the man was near. The man
drew a As caliber automatic and
fired one shot. The bullet pierced
the president coat and vest at
the level of his chest, but did not
touch him.
Before the man could fire again,
Continued on Page Seven; Col g.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-11
Ace Makes 1t All
Sound Very Easy
BY GLADWIN HILL
A u. S. FIGHTER BASE,

A U. S. FIGHTER BASE,
ENGLAND, April 10 up -
Capt. Don S. Gentle, the Lead
ing United States air force
ace in the European war
theater, makes the job of
moving down Nazi planes
sound as easy as picking birds
off a fence.
Asserting in an interview to-
day that he believed the Ger
mans - apparently short of
experienced pilots - are send
ing up novices with one
veteran to lead them through
combat, the 23-year-old Piqua,
o., airman added:
''The Germans always seem
to fly in twos or fours, strung
out in a line, and keep right
behind the leader no matter
what happens-as if they are
afraid to branch off,"
The dark, handsome Mus
tang pilot who has destroyed
20 planes in the air, with
claims of three more pending,
in addition to seven destroy
ed on the ground, willingly
Continued nm Page Ten: Col.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-11
Local 4-F$'s
Seeking Jobs
b Industry
10. Is APPLY DAILY
Appeal For Voluntary
Applications Exceeds
Expectations Here

1,s- week the local us. En-
,i nnr, Service office had any,
p s.rp from 10 to Is men with 4-F
g ',a,ss,;fication coming into the Of
w. .-S dailv who have nonessential
nv and who wanted to be re-
s.+rsd to essential activity, USES
rsnager Felix A. Scroggs reveal
d yesterday
nonnower Chairman Paul V.
,nVutt and Draft Director Lewis
~ Hershey joined last Friday
.;ob+ in asking 4-F's who are not
. ,iTpadv so employed to seek jobs
IN essential activities or those des-
israted the VINO as locally
needed.
A similar, separate appeal also
ras made by Chairman Costello
D..Calif.) of a House Military
subcommittee who said he had
'ro desire to establish some sort
n labor conscription". This group
has been considering legislation for
draft of 4-F's into a work corps
f they do not voluntarily take es-
,pntjal employment. Costello made
clear this idea has not been aban-
doned
NcNutt and Hershey urged all
IFS who are in doubt about thei-
employment to consult their local
U S. Employment Service office.
The number of applications that
have come into the Wilmington Of
flee so far have exceeded expec-
tations. To date all have been re-
terred to essential jobs, Scroggs
said.
The local USES manager stated
that IFS have come in from all
types Of industries and services
and that they found by talking
with them very few of the jobs
they were on were essential"
Scroggs said that he was more
than glad tohav these men come
to the office for it has "allowed us
70 fill some jobs with local people
that would have to have been filled
by in-migrates''.
City Draft Board No. l yester-
day temporarily cancelled induc-
ton and pre-induction call for all
men 26 and over. whether they
are Or are not in jobs making a
contribution to the war effort.
The cancellation of induction or
pre-induction orders for men over
q in nonessential jobs was de-
scribed as more drastic step
Continued on Page Ten; Col, s.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-11
BY JEAN HARRELSON
Morning Star Staff Writer

-. II mas been said time and time
f;s', Look at those fertile
s ssS.s' they are a farmers para
&c. Il read of that crop
~. readily in Wisconsin. Why
tbn. IN Carolina?" Well, crops which
tr, rIVe IN one section of the coun-
n VI world will not even begin
st, gro" IN another, in some in
IN S'-ces' Why? Its the difference
ls,S s0llS and resources which the
if ru contains. Therefore, quite pos
siN 1t is not the human ele-
t,s, 1 winch has restricted agricul-
M progress in the South.
,,b 1"efe is man, L. G. Willis,
sa '.o Is IN charge of the Soil Re-
'7IeA laboratory of the State Ag-
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-11
150,O00,000 Highballs
Daily Being Used By
u. S. Rubber Program

WASHINGTON, April 1o.-tR-
The synthetic rubber program is
using up alcohol at the rate OF
$50, 900, 900 highballs day, War
Production Board expert calculat-
ed today.
The rough reckoning, performed
at request of reporter, trans
lates the total usage of 190-proof
industrial alcohol in the rubber
plants into l 1-2-oz. ''jiggers' oil
90-proof drinking liquor, and that's
a bigger jigSer than many taverns
Use these days.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-11
By HOWARD SUBTLE


WASHINGTON, April 1O.-'Let's
go down and see the cannon ball
come through!''
Old-timers will recall the interest
some two or three decades ago
held by the citizens of American
villages and hamlets in the fast
mail trains which sped through
their towns and snatched mail
bags from contraptions which sus-
pended such bags within reach of
steel arms attached to mail coach
es.
Similar mail bag contraptions
are now being set up at airports,
where bags are being snatched by
so-called feeder airplanes to pro-
vide fast airmail service to towns
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-11
Nazi ATTEMPTS
ASSASSINATION
<amacho
: SHOT IS FIRED
lean President Cap.
ares Assailant Himself
After Attempt

MEXICO CITY, April 10.-(R
President Manuel Avila Ca
macho escaped injury today
when fired upon by uniform
ed officer of his palace staff
and it was officially announced
tonight that the assailant, 1t.
Jose Antonio Lama Rojas, was
shot and wounded by soldiers
when he attempted to break
from custody after his arrest.