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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-13

subjects as result 81 -At-
experiment. and soon after
ward the British intcIXencd
and exiled the Maharaiah
Accompanied by his royal suite
including a band of native musl
clans, tho ex.ruler came 10 Lon
don.
There, settled in the Newnes
mansion. he found things So
stodgy that 10 amuse himself be
was presently reduced TO playing
nursery games.
one day he hit on the idea o.
playing musical chairs. according
TO his rules, with only one chair
The equerries knew that D.,
would not be polite for His High
ness 10 be counted out. so one OF
them gave the musician the cue
10 stop playing az the moment
when the Maharajah would be
able 10 grab the lone seat
Unfortunately, the musicians
Hindu sense Of time was not up
10 the intricacies Of this occidental
pastimc. He missed his cue and
his master sat smack on the floor
busted off and properly seated
the potentatc looscd the torrents
Of his wrath on the unhappy mu-
sician, who fled 10 his room and
committed suicide by Sitting his
wrists
The coroners jury brought in
verdict OF suicide while OF uu.
sound mind
The Maharajah had meanwhile
departed for Paris, where he was
busy inyenung new games One
of these was a novel kind O.
squash racquets in which, if YOU
couldn't hit the ball you took e.
swat at your partner.
With no little poetic justice
considering the musicians end
ne met his death while engaged
IN this sport
The general impression Was
that he had forgotten 10 duck
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non of the mysterious occurrence.
They have now discovered that they
have a ghost on their hands.
They wouldn't mind so much if II
were one of those stately English
ghosts that 90 blinking around in fun
armor, dragging chains, because
such wraiths lend tone to a house
The ghost they are actually saddled
with is sort of dcclassc. II is all that
remains of a pint-sized Hindu mu-
stefan, who had the misfortune TO in
cur the displeasure of his royal mas
ter, the Maharajah of Alwar.
Since the Maharajah is dead now,
too, there is a faint possibility that
II wasn't the punch which made the
colonel see double but that, in sober
fact, he did behold two little men in
turbans.
However, if the second one-or
Ghost B-was the Maharajah, il is
clear by now that he was Just stop
ping in for the evening to check up
ON his former retainer
No. So Princes Gate is regularly
haunted by only one ghost. the Hindu
musician.
Wearing his turban and a gloomy
expression, ne fits around, blowing
occasional melancholy notes on has
reed pipe.
His second and, 10 date, most sensa-
tiOnal appearance under Polish man.
agement occurred al a dinner party
This time he sat down on a dowager'S
lap and proceeded 10 give her a pri-
Vate concert, not TO mention a case
Of Mysteries.
The Poles are divided on the ques-
taste for Indian music, have grown
rather fond of their unlimited guest:
others think he ought TO be exor-
cised- though they aren't sure how.
Still others, distressed by the prob
lem OF keeping servants in a house
10 February III. 1914
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-13
LONDON.

fk~HERE,S O little man with a
tmban in my room" cried
y the second string butler,
staggering into the hal. "E's play.
ing music on a reed"
Everyone thought the second
firing butler was tight
But before the reception was
over, a YugoSlaV diplomat, two
Greek charges d'affaires and a re-
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lUCd BRUSH colo
mel, who had hap
pened in under the
illusion that nc was
>oHeplace else, had
Mt caught giinpses
of the little man,
Generally speak
ing, their impress
~ions conceded with
the buffers, though
The colonel wasn't
sure he hadn't seen
TWO little men.
When the guests
finally went home,
The Polish Govern.
ment in Exile,
w h ic h had just
taken yer this
m a n s o n, ; 5
Princes Gate, for
merly the residence
of Sir Frank and
Lady Newnes, be-
gan an inNestiga.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-04-15
Two Red Armies Closing In On
Thousands Of Trapped Germans;
s Great Aerial Drive Continues
New Guinea
Base, Falls To Aussies

shall islands brought back evidence
that their bombs are definitely
softening up Truk, former supply
base for New Guinea and New Brit
ain which now blocks the Central
Pacific road to the Philippines and
the China coast. Only meager anti
aircraft fire opposed the twentieth
raid on the Truk islands.
Three Japanese night fighters
watched the snow from the side
lines while the big bombers from
the central Pacific struck at the
five major islands in the Truk la
COON Wednesday. Truk has beer
hit an average of almost once a
day for three weeks by Liberators
from the Marshall islands or the
Solomons in the South Pacific.
Ponape island, eastern outpost o!
Truk, threw up only moderate flax
1t was bombed twice - by single
I.iberator and a flight of Army
Mitchells. Army, Navy and Marine
planes that have been raiding Jap
anese held Marshall islands almos'
Continued on Page Three; Col. b
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-04-15
HOUSE APPROVES
HUGE NAVAL BILL
81 Billion Dollar Measure
Will Provide For Uncle
Sans Armada

WASHINGTON, April 14.-tRH
Determined to back the fighting
forces with every dollar they seek,
the House unanimously passed to.
day a $32, 647, 1874, 1886 naval sppro-
priation bill and got ready Cor a
$50, 1000, 100000 supply measure for
the Army.
The 257 to roll-call that sent
the second-largest appropriation
bill in history to the Senate fol.
lowed a single day of debate high
lighted by praise of the Navy and
expressions of determination 10
keep it the worlds largest.
While the largest fund ever voted
for the Navy-a fund expected tc
build Uncle Sans mighty armada
up to 6,623 ships in addition tc
almost $4,000 supporting and land
ing craft-the appropriation fell
some $27, 000,000,O00 short of the
all-time record of $50, 1000, 900, 00(
voted last year for the Army.
It boosts to approximately 1852,
900, 100000 the obligations for war
financing voted since July /, 1910
of which the Navy's share is est.
mated at $4,000, 0oo,0 900. Should
the new Army supply bill come
Continued on Page Three; Col. u
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en- now serving in the armed serv-
ices when they return home. While
interest in the project is extreme.
ly high among the "older" mem
bers of the Legion, they explain
that its greatest value will be real.
lied in years to come.
They have voiced their determi.
nation to have a Legion home TO.
the young men when they return
that will be as good. if not better
than any other in the state.
All funds contributed in the cam.
paign will be under the trustee.
ship of a special committee, Of
which J. G. Thornton, is chair
man, and composed of prominent
Wilmington businessmen, the ma.
jority of whom are Legionnaires.
The principal function of this
group is to maintain these moneys
separate from all other Legion
funds. 1t will see that they are
allocated only for the purchase of
the property and subsequent ex-
penditures for its development and
maintenance.
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The initial gifts committe OF the
financial campaign now being con-
d. cted by Wilmington Post No. 10,
American Legion, to purchase, rem
ovate and furnish new home will
begin it's efforts Monday morning,
Frederick Willets, chairman of the
group. announced yesterday
The financial drive was launched
few weeks ago and plans of the
post are to raise $4,000 to &C
quire the Bridgers' residence, at
100 South Third st., and put it in
perfect condition for a Legion
home.
The initial gifts committee IN
tends to contact number of prom.
inent Wilningtonians and offer
them the opportunity to contribute.
In connection with the undertak'
ing, a permanent honor roll is be-
ing prepared showing who is max
ing the home possible. Persons
planning to contribute in the cam
pangin may do so Immediately by
mailing their gift to the American
Legion Building Fund, P.O. Box
1877, or give it to any member OF
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-04-15
LEWIS GOES ON
RAMPAGE AGAIN
UNIV Head Demand
rompt Payment In Re-
troactive Travel Paw

WASHINGTON, April IA .R -
John L. Lewis, president of the
United Mine Workers, tonight de-
manded prompt payment of $18,-
000, 1000 in retroactive portal to :
portal pay to the soft coal miners,
asserted that a conspiracy 10 de-
fraud them exists and warned that
they are becoming increasingly
angry at the failure of their gov
eminent to redeem its PROMISE"
Lewis calculated the sum on the
basis of $40 per miner, the terms
on which he agreed to write off
the underground travel time claim
for last April, May and June.
These terms are part of the UNIV
contract with Is per cent of the
operators. The contract is now
awaiting War Labor Board ac-
ton.
The UNIV chief addressed his
complaint and demand to Secre-
tary of Interior, Ickes, government
custodian of the mines, Employing
that the government has an obi
cation to require immediate pay
ment of the money.
Except for his reference to the
anger Of the miners, Lewis letter
did not hint that strikes or a new
crisis are approaching. However.
a union press release accompany
ing the letter said that the miners
are growing restive' and that the
demand for prompt payment be-
came so pronounced among Ala
bama miners last month that
union officials resorted to circu-
lars urging the men to remain at
work.
Lewis contended that the opera
tors have collected the $18, 900, 900
through the sale of coal at ad-
vanced prices and are using the
money to operate the industry in
lieu of their own corporate funds
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-04-15
BY LEONARD MILLIMAN
Associated Press War Editor

Australian troops captured the
Japanese outpost of Bogadjim
Thursday, climaxing a gruelling
six month march over the noun
tains and jungles of interior New
Guinea, General Douglas MacAr-
thur announced today.
The japanese garrison fled be-
fore the Aussies entered the town.
A 20 mile highway, the finest the
Nipponese built in New Guinea,
leads from Bogadjim to bomb
wrecked Madang, the closest enc
my base to the slowly advancing
Allied coastal forces.
Two hundred miles to the north
west Allied bombers poured $50
tons of explosives on the Wewak
airdromes, blowing up two mum.
tons dumps and destroying 60
buildings. South Pacific air forces
struck heavily at Rabaul, to which
Japanese on nearby New Britain
have .retreated. Thirteen gun en-
placements were hit.
Army Liberators from the Mar
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Ransom Demand Being
Awaited By The Police
After Guzik Disappears

CHICAGO, April 14-lREA spe-
cific demand for ransom was
awaited tonight as the next de.
jack Guzik, veteran boss OF
Chicago's gambling trade.
Captain Daniel Gilbert chief
investigator for the states at
torney, told reporters ne was con-
WINGED the former business man
ager of the Capone syndicate had
been abducted, and that sizeable
sum would be asked for his re-
turn.
"The Guzik disappearance fol
lows the pattern of previous gang
land kidnapings,'' the Captain
said. whoever is holding him
undoubtedly realizes Guzik is quite
an asset. He has accumulated a
lot in the last few years"
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GENERAL CIRAUD
GIVEN THE GATE

ALGIERS, April IA R The
shelving Of Gen. Henri Honore
Giraud as French commander-in-
chief was completed tonight by
the French Committee of Nation
al Liberation, which placed him
on the reserve command list"
thereby removing him as an ac-
tive commander.
Giraud's friends said it was vir-
tually certain that ne would recog-
nize the committees action, which
places undivided authority over
French armed forces in the hands
of Gen. Charles De Gualle, COM
mittee president.
The committee explained that it
acted after Giraud refused to ac-
cept what he termed the honor
airy" post of inspector general.
This positions was offered him
several days ago after the COM
mittee abolished the position Of
commanderin-chief - an action
which Giraud charged was a vio-
lation of French Republican Law
as well as committee ordinances.
It was explained that the latest
move technically maintained Gil
raud on the active list in accord
ance with French tradition that
"a commander against the enemy
cannot be retired"
Associates said Giraud planned
to leave North Africa, probably
for England, to write his mem
cries. Having failed to obtain AL
Continued on Page Three; Col. IL
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-04-15
ACE IS FINISHED
AS AIR FIGHTER

A u. S. FIGHTER BASE IN
ENGLAND, April 14.-R-Capt.
Don S. Gentle, Americas top Eu'
ropean fighter ace, may have
trained his deadly Mustang guns
on Swastika-marked fighters miles
over Europe for the last time.
The Piqua, O., plane-kille. has
been released from the hospital
where he was treated for crash
landing shock, it was disclosed to.
day, but Gentle told friends just
before he took off on the flight
in which he was injured that il
would be his last fighter mission
He has long since passed his sec
ond quota of missions.
(The number of missions making
up quota varies in different thea
ters and censorship does not per
NIT it to be revealed.)
He had hoped to add three more
Germans to his list of 1913 shot
down in combat and seven others
destroyed on the ground-in order
to top the European record of 81
held by Raj Group Capt. G. A.
Malan. A friend said today he
probably would have topped Ma
lan's record-he had three German
fighters lined up ''just like sitting
ducks '-but he broke off and
helped a companion who was in
trouble with a German on his tail
Then he was forced into evasive
action himself by two German
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-04-15
3 MORE PERSONS
FILE FOR POSTS

Three additional candidates filet
for the county primary elections
Friday afternoon to bring the tota
number for the day to six accord
ing to the records of H. G.. Carney
chairman of the Board of Elec
tons.
Adrian Rhodes, incumbent reg
lister of deeds, paid his filing fee
Thursday night.
William C. Shaw indicated Fri.
day that he will run for the Board
of County Commissioners on the
Republican ticket.
David T. Sandlin, incumben,
constable of Wilmington township,
filed for reelection. Joel L. Will
liams will oppose Sandlin for the
office. Candidate for constable in
Federal Point Township will be
J. L. Craig.
W. A. Cannon signified his inten-
ton of running on the Republican
ticket for Justice of the Peace of
Masonboro Township.
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and its naval air arm sank four
boast damned with Axis infantry
men trying to escape by sea, Mos
COW announced early today.
On land the two armies under
Generals Feodor 1. Tolbukmin and
and Andre I. Yeremenko joined
forces for a swift humiliation Of
the trapped Axis troops, captur-
ing Bakhchisarai, only 10 miles
northeast of Sevastopol, and 500
other localities as they bore down
on the big fortress where the Ger
mans suffered 100000 casualties
in the 1941-42 siege.
They routed two Romanian divi-
sions and completely destroyed"
another German division, liberat-
ing all but one-tenth of the big
peninsula. They also cut the Black
Sea retreat road between Feodo-
siya and Yalta by capturing
Alushto on the southern side of
the peninsula a midnight bulle-
tin said.
At sea the Red fleet sank an
enemy transport of 5000 tons and
Soviet airmen sank three self-pro-
PEELED barges carrying German
infantrymen, the conmunique
said. adding:
"Soviet sailor and airmen are
cutting short all enemy efforts
to save at least some of his Cri-
mean troops which are condemned
to destruction"
1t originally had been estimated
that 100000 Axis troops were bas-
ed in the Crimea, but whether this
was reduced by the time
the Soviet offensive got under way
a week ago was not known.
Telling of the rapid Soviet con-
quest ashore the bulletin said
panicy Germans were "abondon-
ing not only trucks, rifles and am
in their retreat, "but
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sc. WILL KEEP
WHITE SUPREMACY
Gov. Johnson Calls Legis-
lature To Consider Vot-
ing Measures

COLUMBIA, S. c., April 14-R-
s'White supremacy will be main
tanned in our primaries. Let the
chips fall where they may" Gov
nor Olin D. Johnston shouted TO-
night to ITO members of the gen
eral assembly called here in ex'
traordinary session to wipe from
the state code all laws affecting
primaries.
The Legislators came back tc
the statehouse they left less than
month ago at the end of their
annual session after the United
States Supreme Court decided
that Negroes were entitled to
vote in Texas democratic primar.
les.
A subcommittee of the Demo
cratic committee urged the gov
ernor to call the legislature back
into session when it appeared thai
more than 200 laws still on the
statute books might - through
court action-require the Demo
cratic party to permit Negroes te
vote in democratic primaries.
Johnston reviewed briefly the
activities of a legislature contain
ing a majority of Negroes in re
construction days after the Civil.
War.
1.-THE records will bear me Out
that fraud, corruption, immorali'
ty, and graft existed during that
regime that has never been
paralleled in the history of our
state. They left stencil in the
nostrils of the people of South
Carolina that will exist for gener'
ations to come. The representa-
tivss of these agitators, scalawags
and INSCRIPTIONS politicians that
called themselves white men and
used the colored race to further
their own course are in our midst
today, and history will repeat
itself unless we protect ourselves
against this new crop of carpet
baggers and scalawags, who would
use the colored race to further
their own economic and polite al
pains''
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-04-15
Legality OF Wartime
Martial Law In Hawaii
Being Challenged

HONOLULU, April a. up -
Legality of wartime martial law
was challenged again in Federal
court today. Counsel foc Harry E.
White, former Honolulu stock brok-
err, sought a writ of habeas cor
pus. White is serving five-year
prison sentence on conviction of
ENLIGHTENMENT in a provost court.
In a martial law case decided
yesterday, Federal Judge Delbert
E. Metzger held that Hawaii's mil
itary government was invalid and
that the provost court possessed no
authority in law over the civilian
petitioner in question.
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MOVE TO SPEED
War NEWS GIVEN

WASHINGTON, April 14.-tR-In
a new move to speed the flow OF
war news to the public. the Army,
Navy and Office of War Informa-
ton agreed today on policy
whereby decisions of theate.' COM
handlers to hold up news will be
subject to review here.
Heretofore. commanders have
mad virtually complete and indie
pendent authority over when and
whether news of operations under
'nel7 command should be released.
The new policy was announced
IN the following joint statement:
I. The Office of War Informa-
uoh and the War and Navy De-
paftments are in agreement that
Inc news Of military and naval
operations should be made public
d soon and as fully as military
security permits. Wherever imme-
ola'e publication of an item of in
io.inatlon might result in the loss
VI American lives or have an ad-
verse effect on current or future
Upefatlons, the release must be
Sl'Aheld IN til such danger is
passed.
4 While broad responsibility fol
nlllta7y information policy rests
"lh the government in Washing
WI, most of the news of military
anu naval action is released by
..onnanders in theaters of opera
uOns' Their first concern is vic
WY and they carry the heavy bur
ati OF responsibility for the live!
y. many men and the success o.
'peSauons. Their decisions, includ
w. w. influenced accordingly. The 10
,,S nose on publication of news
~ w. conditions and the particular
hh. . of security on which the,
49,; sse action are usually not imme
bo s.ely obvious to the public a
o ,'sie or even to the local wa.
NV .ieSpondent on the ground, no:
c., A oil explanation always be Civ
ess SSe' however, theater command
tios may not always be in a posi-
t. sn 70 balance the relative impor
nas ee OF local problems against tn
Nj a OF giving the American PEG
IL. 1ull and accurate picture o
sot, war situation as a whole, in
' ds this can be done without
'H''nued on Page Two; Col. 6
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z War Plants
Are Seized By
en-
FDR ORDERS ACTICd
Move Said Result OF
ure OF Firm To
Retroactive w

WASHINGTON, April IA. -(P--
Plants of two war contra ctors who
defied War Labor Board orders
were taken over by the Army and
Navy today on instructions from
President Roosevelt who limited that
some of their assets may be sold
II necessary for payment of re-
troactive wage increased approved
by the WLB.
The companies are Jenkins Bro
theirs. Inc. Bridgeport. Conn.,, TAX
en- over by the Navy, and Ken-Rad
Tube and Lamp Corporation and
Ken-Rad Transmitting Tube Cor
poration, both of Owensboro, KY,
taken over by the Army.
The White House released ex-
ecutive orders from the president
authorizing the seizures and &C.
companying letters to Secretaries
Stimson and Knox of the War and
Navy Departments.
II understand" said identical
paragraphs in each of the letters,
that it will take some time to
compute the total amount of the
retroactive wages due the en-
ployes. By the time that is done,
however, you should be able to
anticipate whether estimated cur
rent income will be adequate for
that purpose. In the event you
should determine that such income
will not be adequate, I would ap-
preciate your transmitting to me a
report on the other assets of the
corporations so far as they are
known to you.
In the case of Ken Rad, the WLB
ordered general increase Of 3
cents an hour in rates above so
cents to approximately 1900 work
ers. The order was originally is
sued July %, 1943 on petition of the
United Automobile Workers (AFL)
ard made the pay increase re-
troactive to Sept. 4, 1912. The WLB
said the average pay was As IL
cents an hour with rates ranging
from 80 to 70 cents.
The company has insisted that it
cannot afford to pay the increases.
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