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Evening star., 1944-04-21
great truth that in union there is

great truth that in union there is
strength"
Mr.. STREET spoke of the emphasis
on government in the Declaration
of Independence-"to secure these
rights governments are instituted
among men"-and added:
This time we have gone to war
for freedom-indeed for four free
doms-but the leader who put the
greatest accent on freedom has
passed mutely over the primary
american principle, that freedom
can be had only by instituting gov
ernment. There is no hint of this
principle in the Atlantic Charter
or in the Declaration of the United
Nations or in the Teheran COM
munique.
Now for the first time in our his
tory we are sending our sons to bat
tie unarmed with a powerful idea.
Who Is responsible for this tragedy?
The President has heavy respon-
sibility for IT,"
Urges Plan Be Demanded.
The responsibility is shared by
Congress and by the people, Mr..
Streit said, calling upon individuals
to demand a plan for "the union
of the free"
Young Wofford reported student
pessimism on the future. "Over 90
per cent of every school polled," he
said, ''has voted that with our pres
ent foreign policy we will lose the
peace and have to fight q third
world war"
Mr.. Bullitt praised Mr.. STREET. for
fighting for policy of international
union which in view OF Secretary of
State Hull's recent statement I'VE
now know Is not our policy or that
of the British government" He
added that he felt that the absence
of a stated plan, goal or project
for which we are fighting is the
most deplorable lack of the present
TINA
Evening star., 1944-04-21
Union Now Author
Criiicizes Lack Of
U. 5. World Policy

Criticizing President Roosevelt for
failure to make the goal of inter-
national government the foreign
policy Of America, Clarence X.
STREET, leader of the movement for
a worldwide federal union, declared
last night at dinner In his honor
that American soldiers are about to
be sent on the invasion of Europe
lacking for the first time in the
Nations military history the force
of great idea" to inspire their
effort.
The former Geneva correspondent
of the New York Times who wrote
Union Now" and "Union With Brit
ain Now" has handed a check for
$8,601 as personal gift to him from
the 275 persons attending the dinner
at the Mayfiower Hotel by Supreme
Court Justice Owen j. Roberts,
toastmaster, who said that Mr..
Streit's was 'sthe greatest educa-
tiona1 work that has occurred in
America in my adult life"
At Speakers Table.
At the speakers table were DR..
Harold Urey, Columbia University
chemist who discovered heavy
water" and was a classmate of Mr..
Streit's at the University of Mon
tana In 1914; Maj. Gen. George ".
Strong, until recently head of Army
Intelligence; William C. Bullitt, for
mer Ambassador to Russia and
France, and Harris Wofford, jr., 18-
year-old high school student from
Westchester County, N. Y, who
organized a student movement of
the Federal Union.
Justice Roberts called Rear Ad-
nliral William n. Standley, former
Ambassador to Russia, from his
table and introduced him as the
greatest internationalist of us ALL"
Canadian Minister Leighton Nc
Carthy, Sir Willmott Lewis, CORES
pondent of the London Times: SEN
ator Ball, Republican, of Mime
sofa, and Rabbi Norman Gersten-
field and their guests occupied front
tables.
Message From Ickes.
Justice Roberts brought to the
press tables messages from Interior
Secretary Ickes who wrote mfr.
Streit has my admiration and re-
spect for his unceasing efforts" and
from Representative Glare Boothe
Luce, Republican. of Connecticut,
who wrote, Clarence STREET has
done more than any living person
to force public attention on the
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-30
BOARD ANNOUNCES
LIQUOR RATIONS

RALEIGH, Aug. 20 Up The
state ABC board announced thar
four whiskey ration coupons would
be valid during September and list
ed additional merchandise on the
more plentiful list.
Chairman Carl Williamson said
coupons No. 81 and 33 would
be valid at any time during the
month for one quart, two pints or
one fifth of domestic whiskey, gin
or scotch.
Coupons Nos. 80 and 40 will be
valid at any time during the month
for one quart, or two pints, or one
fifth, or two tenths of all domestic
gin.
Additionally, he said, coupons
No. 80 and 40 will be valid for
one fifth each Of Rocking Chair,
Autograph, ''Stop Bottle"
''Bronze Label" or Private
Stock" at the option of the holder.
Rum, Tequila, Cordials, and im-
ported brandy will remain ration
! free.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-30
TREASURY TO HONOR
WHITEVILLE YOUTH

WHITEV1LLE, Aug. 20. - up -
The United States Treasury radio
program, Youth on Parade, Column
bia broadcasting system, will sa-
lutte North Carolina at 1920 am.
when Phillip Weaver, 10-year old
son of Mr.. and Mrs. G. E. Weav-
err of Whiteville, will be awarded a
certificate of merit by the Treas
ury department.
Allison James, executive manag-
er of the North Carolina War Fin
ance committee, said the certifi-
cate would be awarded in appre-
citation for the presentation of "a
Cocker Spaniel puppy by Phillip
for auction during war bond auc-
ton at Whiteville last January for
which $50, 900 was high bid.
Phillip and his mother, Mrs. G.
E. Weaver, expect to leave here
tomorrow for Boston, Mass, where
the program will! originate. Phillip
will appear on the program.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-30
Chest Adopts As Budget
MIGHTY FLEET
HITS GERMANY

LONDON, Wednesday, Aug. 30
(P-A mighty force. of Raj heavy
bombers roared across the Chan
mel toward Germany during the
night and few hours later the
Nazis radio reported attacking
planes over Berlin, Danzig, East
and West Prussia and other parts
of the Reich.
The size of the armada winging
away from England and the Ger
man reports of the territory under
attack indicated one of the big
gest Allied night air assaults in
weeks was under way.
While the heavy force was hitting
Prussian stronghlods, the Germans
said that nuisance raiders had ap-
peared over northwestern Germa-
ny.
The night actions developed after
the fourth day of sustained attacks
on German transport in France
and the lowlands by U. S. Eighth
Air Force fighters.
1t was 1910 all over again above
the French battle zones and be-
yond, except that this time the
planes were American instead of
German. There was virtually no
opposition.
A recapitulation tonight showed
that in three days of the attack the
the fliers had destroyed 1,507 rail
road cars and damaged 1874, hit
1928 motar vehicles, two oil trains,
~ oil tanks, All locomotives, AZ
barges, three ammunition trains
and 81 ammunition carriers.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-30
F.D.R. OUTLINES
new PEACE PLAN

WASHINGTON, Aug. %. -(P)-
A proposed world peace agency de-
signed to have more formidable
teeth than the defunct League of
Nations was outlined today by
President Roosevelt, who also
warned against what he termed
carping discussion of its details.
He said at a news conference
that to lose sight of the main OBJ
jective through discussion of de-
tails would lead to misunderstand-
ing.
The world security organization
under discussion by the United
States, Britain and Russia at Dunn
barton Oaks will be different from
the old league (Which the United
States refuged to enter) because
the leagues council had no means
to enforce peace in the world, he
said.
Roosevelt outlined the steps
through which disputes which
threaten peace would be handled
by the future organization just a
few hours after chief delegates of
the three countries announced their
general agreement on its outlines.
First of all, he told news con-
erence, a dispute would go before
the world court. If it cannot be set
tied there, there must be meet
ing place where you can talk it
over, he said. He added that you
could call this an assembly.
The assembly would be compos-
ed of all nations large and small,
the president declared, presenting
the same general blueprint decid-
ed upon at Dumbarton Oaks.
If anyone kicks over the traces
and violates a frontier, Mr.. Roos-
evelt went on, you have got to have
quick action. The council of the
security organization, he indicat-
ed, will have force at its disposal
to move Immediately in such cas-
es.
When someone starts bombing or
invading, he said, you can't have
man send out word that there
will be a meeting next month.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-30
Fear Hitler Will Flee Germany

well kill himself. There always
remains the chance, however,
that he will quit the country.
1t has been almost exactly a
year since the question of
sanctuary was last taken up
with the neutrals. At that time
Italy was falling and the
future of Mussolini was a sub
ject Of speculation like that
now conferred on Hitler.
The State department then
instructed its diplomatic
representatives in Stockholm,
Ankara, Madrid, Lisbon. Bern.
Vatican City and Buenos Aires
to call attention of the neutral
governments to a press con-
ference statement by Presi-
dent Roosevelt urging against
asylum for "Axis leaders or
their tools"
Mussolini made his escap to
Germany and spared the
neutrals from deciding the
question at that time.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-30
Customary Appropriation
OF $4,000 AIlocated
Charities Unit

The boarde<of directors of the
Community War Chest yesterday
unanimously adopted a campaign
goal for 1915 of $1e4.S3o, including
$4,000 appropriation for the AS
ISOLATED Charities, member
agency, for the entire year.
The board also voted, after mo-
ton by W. D. McCaig,, budget
committee chairman, seconded by
James Wade, that a committee be
appointed by the Chest to confer
with one from the Associated Cha
rites to effect study Of the
agency. =.
Differences began when it was
reported that the Community
Chest would withdraw funds from
the Associated Charities for 1915
and would sponsor organization of
another agency, the Family Ser
vice Society, to serve the same
purposes in family case work.
1t was first recommended by the
budget committee of the Chest
that the budget of the Associated
Charities be approved for the first
six months of 1915 in the amount
of $500, and that an equal amount
be ear marked for the use of
the agency during the last six
months of the year, pending the
result of further study by joint
committee of the Associated Char
tiles and the Community Chest.
The budget for 1915 approved by
the Chest directors, provides an
increase of $12,647 over the $751;
191 for 1914.
Broken down, the campaign fig.
ures include a $74,O87 total for the
ten member agencies; $3.50 for
the National War Fund quota; $15,.
402 for general services in the Of
flee of the Chest, Council of So
cial Agencies, and campaign funds
and $7,849 for shrinkage.
The 1915 budget, adopted in tota
after motion by Paul Wilson and
seconded by C. Van Leuven, takes
in the following categories:
Local Agencies = Associated
Charities $4,000; Boy Scouts So,
Continued on Page Three. Col "
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-30
Paving Bids Received
For Mafftt Village

Germs, including the American
Oil company, Wilmington, Mac
MILAN and Cameron Texas Oil
company, Gulf Oil corporation.
Standard Oil company of New
Jersey, Greenville ESQ sta
tion and Causey Automobile
service.
The companies entered the
same bid of 1885 cents. a gal
lon for the gasoline. Apparent
low bidder for oil supply was
the Texas Oil company with
44.2 cents. These bids also have
been referred to the engineer
for analysis.
Present to hear the open bids
were the following members OF
the board of commissioners, H.
NJ. Solomon, chairman, Ran
aid Stewart, the Rev. Walter
B. Freed, and Fred E. Little,
and H. R Emory, director of
the Housing Authority.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-30
General Plane Fare
Lowered By Air Line

NEW YORK, Aug, 20 ~ A
central fare base Of five cents a
mile for travel by plane from New
York to Jacksonville, Fla, was an
nounced today by H. S. Parkers,
Jr., vice president of National air
Lines, which recently received the
approval of the civilian aeronautics
board to operate the route.
In announcing the schedules,
Paker said the lines will use Lock
Heed Lodester planes of IA pas
senger capacity. Flying time be-
tween New York and Miami will
be seven hours. and so minutes;
to Tampa, six hours and 2(
minutes; to Jacksonville, four
hours and so minutes and to Char.
lesion, S. c., three hours and q
minutes, Parker said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-30
NAVY AIR POWER
NEARS new PEAK

WASHINGTON, Aug. %. -B =
The Navy, reviewing the thump-
ings handed to both ends of the
Axis in the past II months, de-
clared today that "these blows
were light compared with the
blows we are now prepared to
deliver"
Commenting on the progress f
the Nays air arm, which marks
its 31st anniversary tomorrow,
Vice Admiral Aubrey W. Fitch, de-
putty chief of naval operations for
air, said in statement: H.,
'"Task force SO, which scourged
the Jap SO effectively in the last
eight months, was just sweet,
summer Zephyr compared to the
arrangements of ships, planes and
other weapons-old and new =
which are ready to lash out now. -
He disclosed that the Navy now
has approximately 100 carriers in
or near action Included are IA of
the mighty Essex type and nine of
the fast and powerful independ-
ence class, converted from cruis-
ers. More than 70 carriers we're
commissioned during the year and
work was started on two of the
three projected 45,000-ton battle
ship-type carriers.
Naval aviators averaged more
than four Japanese planes shot
down for every American. plane
lost during the year, Fitch said.
The actual score was more than
1900 japanese craft destroyed
against $50 Navy planes lost. He
added that "a high percentage a
our pilots was rescued
Long before another anniver-
sary rolls around, naval aviation
will be hurting at least two more
new, weapons against the foe-a
twin-engined fighter and scouting
plane of unmatched speed and
range the admiral said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-30

a foregone conclusion that
many of the Nazi hierarchy
who are too well known to have
any chance of concealment in
Germany by going unde--
ground will try to save them
selves from Allied trial and
punishment by dramatic air.
plane escapes.
This last hope of escape, it
is believed, is one OF the rea-
sons why so many of the top.
men in Nazidom today are will
ing to stick with Hitler while
all over Europe their political
and military fortress is cav
ing in.
What Hitler will do remains
the all-consuming speculation
in Washington and the convic-
ton of officials with whom the
subject has been discussed is
that he is not killed at the
last minute by some of his
own henchmen he may very
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-30
Armies
Flee France
From Soutl
THOUSANDS cAPTu
Disorganized R EN- n i
Scatter Equipment
In Their Flight

ROME, Aug. 29.-(P-The
battle for southern France
and destruction of the Ger.
man 10Th army neared com
pletion tonight as uncounte(
thousands of Nazis trudgec
back to Allied prison camps
and disorganized enemy rem
nants fled up the Rhone val
ley, scattering their equip
ment behind them.
The greater part of the army t,
which Adolf Hitler entrusted tn,
defense of southern France agains
Allied invasion has been wiped on
in a fortnight's whirlwind cam
paign by 1t. Gen Alexander M
Patch's American and French TT
army.
Whatever battered remnant.
managed to slip through the Alliee
moose and escaped to the NORTH
will have to be re-equipped ane
reorganized completely befor,
they will again be of any real ust
to Hitler's hard-pressed forces.
American troops slashed relent
lessly at the fleeing enemy above
Montelimar in the Rhone valley
100 miles north of Marseille, where
a flying Yank column reached the
eastern bank of the Rhone river ir
a surprise thrust last week. Mon
telimar itself was in American
hands.
Valley roads were Uttered with
abandoned German vehicles, guns
and supplies. The few vehicles still
in use by the shattered Nazi
columns were able to use the roads
only under almost constant attacks
by allied warplanes, still favored
by perfect flying weather.
Allied headquarters said Ameri.
can tanks and infantry were lock.
ed a particularly bitter fight with
enemy elements in the area Of
Sauzet, four, miles up the Rnune
valley from Montelimar. From
Montelimar to the sea west of Mar.
seille the great valley was declar.
ed free of Nazis except for scat.
tered few who were left behind In
the enemy's mad scramble to es.
cape the Allied trap.
CA German news broadcast told
of fierce fighting" in the Rhone
valley between Montelimar and
Valence, q miles to the north, but
declared that Nazi forces were
Withdrawing sin accordance with
PLAN
(The enemy radio also confirm
ed that American troops command
ed by Brig. Gen. Frederic Butler
had driven north from Grenoble
near Annemasse, five miles east
of Geneva. Capt. Ludwig Ser.
torius, leading enemy military
commentator, declared however,
that this represented only a ''pres.
tige victory for the Americans as
Continued on Page Three; Col. II
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-30

Bids for paving approximate
ly five and half miles of
streets in the Raleigh section
of Maffitt Village, were re-
ceived from two concerns at
meeting yesterday of the Hous-
ing Authority of the City of Will
mington.
Low bidder was F. d. Cline
of Raleigh, with an offer Of
S10,034.98. The second low bid
der. at $l3, 1883, was Grannis
and Company, Fayetteville.
The bids were referred to the
Housing Authority engineer, T.
N. Ingraham, for study. Award
of the contract will be made at
a special meeting of the board
of commissioners to be held in
the near future.
The authority also received
bids for supply of gasoline, oil
and repairs from eight con-
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-30

WASHINGTON, Aug. 29-R
Military leaders here are be-
coming increasingly appre-
hensive over the possibility
that Adolf Hitler and some OF
his henchrnen may fly from
their battered inner fortress
in the next few weeks and seek
refuge in a neutral country.
Concern has become such
that new appeal may be is
sued to the neutrals not to give
sanctuary to the men who led
the world into war and now
appear bent upon a final drama
of unparalleled bloodlust in
Europe.
Such an appeal would be d.
rected particularly to Spain
and Argentina. because OF their
past o. present current links
diplomatic and treasury
circles here that the German
leaders have stored funds in
both countries.
American officials consider It
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-30
Allies IS Miles From Belgium
in Rout Swallowing scissors,
! Belleau Wood, Chateau Thierry
RUSSIAN FORCES
TAKE C0NSTANTA
Great Romanian Seaport
Falls To Onrushing
Soviet Armies

LONDON, Wednesday,
Aug. 30.-P)-Russian for
ces in a daring combined
land and sea operation today
captured Constanta, Roma
MAS great Black Sea port
and for three years the main
German naval base in those
waters.
Seizure of the city of $4,000 rep
resented an 85-mile advance by
sea from the port of Sulina, TAX
en- Monday, and of 70 miles by
land from Tulcea on the Danube
and it put Russian troops only 2!
miles from the Bulgarian border
Constanta, terminus of the OF
pipeline from Ploesti, has at least
81 huge petroleum storage tanks
and a special tanker basin.
In announcing it's fall, Premier
Stain credited fast-moving motor
lied and tank formations of Gen
Feodor I. Tolbukhin's Third Ukra.
MAN army and naval forces under
Admiral E. S. Oktyabrsky.
Twenty-Five miles farther south
lies the border established in Sep
TENDER, 1910, when Romania csd-
ed the southern Dobruja territory
of 1888 square miles below the
Danube to Bulgaria under press
ure from Bulgaria, Germany and
Italy.
Bulgaria is not at war with
Russia and has been seeking to
get out of her war against Brit
ain and the United States.
The Germans already had ac-
knowledged during the day that
Soviet troops had reached the
Ploesti-C onstanta pipeline.
They also admitted withdrawing
from Bubau, oil and railway town
40 miles northeast of Ploesti.
The Soviet midnight communi.
que, confirming capture of Buzua
said more than $50 other towns
were taken in the extending drive
in that region less than go miles
northeast of Bucharest. The COM
munique also listed so towns TAX
en- in the southwark sweep across
the Danube to Constanta.
Gains of as much as Is miles
were registered in a single day in
the area south of the Danube and
north and northwest of Constanta,
an early-morning supplement tc
the communique said, while gains
of 10 miles were made in the drive
that was declared to have sent the
Germans pelting out of Bubau in
"disorderly flight"
The Russians were silent on the
progress of the thrust into Hunga.
rian territory, but devoted por.
ton of the communique supple
ment to a prediction that "the
time is not far off when all the
Hungarian lackeys of Hitler viii
fall head over heels"
With Russian mountain troops
invading Hungarian-held Transyl
vania at two points to the north
west, the shadow of a potentia.
death trap fell over the Germans
still standing to defend the vita
Ploesti oil region.
At least one division of elite an
tiaircraft troops is believed to be
in the Ploesti district, plus the
Nazi forces driven out of Bucha
rest by the Romanian army and
those falling back before the So.
Wet drive down through Focsan
and BuZau.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-30
Wilson Youth Killed
In Airplane Mishap

GULFSPORT, Miss, Aug. o.
P) - Ten members OF a Flying
Fortress crew in training at Gulf
port Field were killed Sunday night
in a crash about AZ miles north
west of here, Gulfport Field public
relations office announced today.
The dead included Second 1t.
Paul Bishop Lyles, 20, Navigator
uUiJsnn NJ. C..