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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-14
BAPTIST MEETING
OPENS TOMORROW
Continued from Pare One)

and has had All active part in
making arrangements to care for
the expected 5000 delegates, some
Of whom are coming from Cali
fornia.
d.. E. P. Aldredge made pub.
lie today statistics showing the
church membership had increased
from 1881, 1923 in 1919 to 5,493, 027
this year, almost doubling IN Is
years.
The report also showed rs, 100
churches represented by the con-
vention. Sunday school enroll
ments during the last quarter cen
fury have grown from 1889, 2Os to
1887, 97s in the 24,5o3 schools.
The convention was organized at
Augusta, Ga, May 8, 1S45, and
Walter M. Gilmore, recording sec
retary-treasure1, said perhaps
not in all the ninety-nine years of
its history has the southern bap-
fist convention faced graver and
more momentous problems than
those it will be called on to solve
at this meeting"
Among h controversial ques-
tons are the proposed changes in
the constitution land bylaws OF the
convention offered last year.
Among these is a rotating system
of electing members of all boards,
Whereby no board member could
serve more than two terms in sue.
cession.
Also recommended is that, in
stead of each board having a large
local committee in the city where
the board is. located, there be only
six board members from the state
in which the board is located and
that these constitute the executive
committee of the boards.
The executive committee of the
convention is also proposing GONE
changes which Gilmore said were
likely to provoke discussion"
These include a change in allo-
cations of the Foreign Missions
Board from fifty cents out Of each
dollar given through the co-opera-
tive program to forty-nine cent?.
Opposition has also been expressed
to proposals to set up an annual
budget for the southern Baptist
convention, and to build up four
million dollar reserve fund with
which to meet future emergencies.
Chief features OF the first ces-
sions Tuesday afternoon will be
the presidential address by DR..
Neff and the convention sermon
by DR.. John H. Buchanan, of Bir-
mingham, Ala, or his alternate,
DR.. Kyle M. Yates, of Louisville.
Foreign mis- sions, under the direc-
ton of the board, will occupy the
evening meeting.
The closing message Of the con-
vention will be delivered by Gov
ernor j. M. Broughton Of North
Carolina Thursday evening.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-14
RatiOned Motorists
: Now Get ira
Gasoline Mileage

All over the country, thousands
Of rationed car owners, truck
fleets, taxi cabs, motorcycles and
tractor owners report gasoline saw
ings up to 300. These people have
been enjoying extra gasoline mile
age by installing a Vacu-matic to
their carburetor. This new device
is entirely automatic. Nothing to
regulate or adjust and can be in
stalled in 10 minutes. The Vacu-
matte Co., 7617-776-F State ST.,
Wauwatosa Q3) Wisconsin, are Of
fering a Vacu-matic free to any
body who will install it on their
car and help introduce it to others.
Write them today or just send
your name and address on a penny
post card.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-14

ability" would be made on the
Italian west coast. Suggesting Nazi
fears that such a blow might come
from Corsica, Berlin said that
German bombers heavily raided
airfields on that island last night.)
A dispatch from Associated
Press correspondent Lynn Helm
zerling with the Eighth Army on
the Casino front said fighting
was particularly intense today
around SAINT Angelo, just across
the Rapido river three miles south
of Casino. He said that German
guns were quite active and trou-
blesome and that their mortar fire
along the river line was causing
some casualties.
"a German broadcast said
powerful Allied tank thrust had
driven a wedge a mile and quar-
ter deep in the German line at
SAINT Angelo and added that coun-
ter attacks were now in progress
"against this breach"
(Another Nazi broadcast, admit
ting breakthroughs at several
points in the Liri valley below
Casino, said the Allies had no.
where reached the "actual Ger
man defense SYSTEM despite high
losses in men and equipment. A
London broadcast to the Blue Net
work said Eighth Army casualties
were lighter than expected.)
Capture Of Monte Faito by the
French was considered one Of the
major accomplishments of the
first day of the drive, since it was
the strongpoint upon which the
enemy hinged his first line bas-
lions in that area.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-14
YMCA CENTENNIAL
TO Be CELEBRATED

The observance of the centen-
NAL year of the Y. M. c. A. move.
ment will be celebrated here in
two special ceremonies during the
first week in June.
Plans for the observation were
accepted by the board Of directors
Of the Y. M. C. A. at its monthly
session Friday. Report for the
celebration was presented by a
special committee appointed at a
former meeting. This group is
composed of W. B. Bryan. chair
man, Sturgeon Baxley and H. M.
Roland.
Ministers of the city will recog-
aize the work ofFshe Y. M. c. A.
June 4, on the day designated as
Worldwide Y. M. C. A. Sunday
in the churches.
The local association will hold
"open house" from 7 until 10
o'clock Tuesday. June 6, at which
time friends of the organization
will be given an opportunity TO
inspect the newly renovated build
ing.
A special program has been ar
ranged for o'clock when the
mortgage on the building will be
burned. DR.. J. M. Wells, former
pastor of the First Presbyterian
church, will be heard il a brief
message on the history and work
of the Wilmington Y. M. c. A.
A string ensemble directed by
Mrs. Eric Norden will present mu-
sic. .
June 6 marks The Tooth year
since the day when Sir George
Williams gathered group of
young men together in a drapery
shop in London, England, to Or
ganize society ''for the improve
ment of the spiritual condition of
young men by the Introduction of
religious training among them"
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-14
u. S. PLANES BLAST
TARGETS IN GERMANY

Continued from Page One)
legions in the south. "a French
radio broadcast from Algiers.
recorded in New York by the
FEC, said the Bremen Pass
line had been cut.)
These were the ma jor blows
in the daylong attacks which
began around midnight when
British night bombers dashed
out from home bases at tar
gets in France, Belgium and
Germany, and from Italian
bases at rail functions In north.
ern Italy.
As the onslaught roared
through its 18th day, ii closed
a week in which there was
hardly = single hour when Al
lied bombs were not explod-
ing on Nazi-held soil. So many
largest were hit in the past
seven days that to record an &C.
curate total was almost impossi-
BILE.
The Luftwaffe. which lost $50
planes Friday again sent up
swarms of fighters to challenge
bombers raiding Tutow and other
long distance detectives from the
west today, but many refused
battle and Americans hitting o.
nabruck met scarcely any oppo-
sition.
The Italy-based planes which
roamed the skies unchallenged
yesterday. encountered only slight
resistance, and the Swiss radio
quoted an Italian report as saying
traffic had been interrupted on
the Bremen railway line by the
latest Allied blow.
Hundreds of light Allied bomb
ers shuttled back and forth over
northern France and Belgium, rip
ping airfields and rail yards feed
ing the Nazi Atlantic Wall. Bombs
dropped on the sea wall itself
again shook pictures in English
homes on the coast nearest France.
Although Berlin told of terrific
battles over Germany, the first
American airmen back from tha
attack on Osnabruck, 40 miles
east of the Dutch border on the
German-Amsterdam trunk line,
said Nazi fighter resistance was
negligible after Fridays duels in
which $50 German planes were
shot down at a cost of AZ Amer
lean bombers and 10 fighters.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-14
TWO MEN INJURED
IN AUTO ACCIDENT
Continued from Page One)

riding on the rear, and was pro
ceeding north on the highway. Todd
was going south and when he turn
ed to the left toward the Famous
Grill, the vehicles collided. The
men on the motorcycle were thrown
clear of the machine.
Both vehicles were damaged con-
siderably in the crash.
The two injured men were taken
to James Walker Memorial hos
pital by ambulance.
pital by ambulance. Sgt. George
was later taken to the hospital at
the airfield.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-14
ALLIED FORCES TAKE
VILLAGE In ADVANCE
INTO GUSTAV FRONT
CONTINUED from Page One)

generations into the formidable
defenses, and the Germans lash
ed out in a series of determined,
but costly counter attacks.
Allied headquarters officially
announced gains Of mile-and-a-
half, and front dispatches later
told of advances of two to three
miles at some points.
Capture Of three villages and
more than half a dozen strategic
heights was announced by head
quarters, and the first prisoners
began filing into the Allied lines
on various sectors Of the roaring
25.nile front from Casino to the
sea.
Sector by sector here are the
high spots in the official accounts
of the first day of the offensive:
1. North and west of Minturno,
ON the sector nearest the Tyr
rhenian sea, American troops cap
tured four strategic hills from
which the Germans previously
were able to pour devastating fire
against Allied forces advancing
across the lower Garigliano val
ley. Two counter attacks against
the newly-gained positions were
repulsed.
2. American infantrymen sup
ported by tanks advanced a mile
r.orthward and captured the viii
lage of Cercobi while another
force wrested the village Of Ven
tosa, Damiano Hill and another
1,0OO-foot peak from the Germans
in stiff battle gaining footholds
only a mile west of Castelforte,
10 miles south of Casino. San Sc
bastiano, a third village near Cas-
telforte, also was taken.
3. French troops on the Fifth
Army's right wing swarmed up
the 2,550-foot heights of Monte
Faito, which anchors the Gustav
lines outer Notifications in the
upper Garigliano valley, and then
captured the surrounding heights,
smashing a violent counter attack
and pushed on.
Secure Bridgehead
4. Under incessant fire of Ger
man guns installed for miles back
along the Liri valley, Eighth Ar
my troops secured a bridgehead
across the Rapido river in close
contact with the foremost enemy
de:enses and built bridges to
bring over guns and supplies for
the next step in the sector south
Of Casino.
5. Swinging south and west from
the sector to the north Of Casino,
troops Of the Eighth Army fought
bitterly with German parachute
troops for Monte Albanetto and
the adjoining mountains two miles
west Of Casino. They had at least
another mile Of the toughest kind
of going before they could hope
to crash down into the Liri val
ley from the north and menace
the enemy holding Casino from
the rear.
"a German broadcast, asserting
that the Allies were holding five
fully-equipped divisions in reserve
in Italy, said the present drive
probably would prove "only d.
versionary operation and predict
ed that new landings Gin all prob
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-14
APPEAL MADE FOR
WOMEN TO WORK
In STORES HERE
fContinued from Page One)

found it necessary to close de-
partment for several days because
of a lack of salesladies illustrates
how critical the immediate need
is at the present. officials of the
chamber stated.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-14
BIGGEST STAMP COLLECTION

The worlds biggest stamp col
lection is said to be that of the
family Of Baron P. con Ferrary
Of Paris. The collection was be-
gun in 1865, cost approximately
100000 so far.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-14

FLYERS LOCATE MINE SITES
Copper near the surface of the
earth is said to hamper growth of
vegetation. For this reason, air.
planes have been used in Africa
a spot likely deposits of copper.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-14
WEATHER
CONTINUED from Page One)

WASHINGTON, May 10. -lP- Wealth
er bureau report of temperature and
rainfall for the "a hours ending pm.
in the principal cotton growing areas
and elsewhere:
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-14

War Production
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leaders sit on both sides of the table?
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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-14
Effective May 18th.
Train No. 46. Daily:

Train No. 46. Daily:
Lv. Wilmington 4:05 Pm
Lv. Warsaw %. 5:21 PM
Ar. Goldsboro .. 6:O7 PM
Lv. Goldsboro :. 6:15 PM
Ar. Rocky Mount 7:2O PM
Lv. Rocky Mount 7:45 PM
Ar. Richmond 1850 PM
Ar. Washington 2:05 AM
Train No. 46 carries
through coaches for Wash
ington, D. c., handled on
HAVANA SPECIAL No.
76 Rocky Mount to Wash
ington.
This chage is made to pro-
vide 40 minutes later de-
parture and shorten lay
over time at Rocky Mount.
as schedule of HAVANA
SPECIAL is not changed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-24
Our Country-of Thee We Sing

Washington, D. C., July The Repub- lican party has made plain and definite promise to the people that full employ inent" shall be first objective of national policy. The Democratic spokesmen have long declared that full employment is a first objective of their national policies.
 Governor Dewey, the Republican stand ard-bearer, criticized President Rooseyelt'S cabinet as "tired and quarrelsome," and he expressed the opinion that the Secretary of Labor does not possess the power Of Cabinet officer. Perhaps the reason that Miss Perkins has been criticized so gently is due to sympathy for the lady. Every one knows that the policies of the Labor Department have been kept under con- trol by the President for the last eleven years.
 Be that as it may the big labor unions have played politics when they should have been protecting the legitimate rights of labor. A review of the records shows that when collective bargaining failed there was the Wagner Act, the Fair Labor Standards Act, Director of Economlc EtabIlization, a Defense Mediation Board, a War Labor Board, Little Steer case, Administrator Ickes. and dozen mere groups-all beating the devil around Ihe bush" If all these devices failed, tnen there was sure to be an Executive ofder from the White House.
 For eleven years the Congress Of the United States has made different at' tempts to reorganize labor legislation m a way to protect workers and employers If the Republican party succeeds m max ing "full employment the first objective of national policy" it will perform great service to the workers, to industry, fo all concerns that meet payroIls-and most of all to our country. These op- iectlyes could be met by the Democrats, party in case that political party should De in control of the Government after tne war. ,,,
 Incidentally. there is a resnrgenee ID favor of the historic Democratic and Re- Dubllcan principles that the Govern, i1ent should be run for the people ana bv the people-Which simply means iol' lowing the Spirit of the Constitution, These are plans in the present campaign -only in the beginning--to capture favor of large groups of voters. Maybe out of the confusion of the campaign, na' tlonal policies for the whole country may triumph over the scheming of greedy poll tielans.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-24
Paris, France

Paris. France. Capital of the republic and one of the great literary, artistic and social centerS of the world Paris goes back to the French people after several years of bondage. The foe is routed and what has happened, is happening, and will happen, are among the many startling historical facts of the last few years
 Paris has had a tradition in which the city has stood out as one of the most beautiful cities of the world. Its cul- tural and social background has made it the most amazing city in all the world
 Paris spelled gaiety. But there is no city, perhaps, that has gone through more periods anything but gay. City of magnificent museums, churches and cathedrals, we fancy, that today those churches and cathedrals are filled with vast numbers offerings prayers of thanksgiving for their freedom. The swastika is down and the Tri-color has again been raised Paris will weep for days to come, but the City of Light sees a day Of light ahead. Doubtless the "MarSeillaise" is echoing and re-echoing along the way. Many stories of the de- liverance are coming over the wires; they will continue to come until the whole story is told. Paris as people, a nation, will not be entirely happy for many a day. Hysterical exultation will be more or less lacking. The people of Paris, and all France as in all invaded countries in this war have not much spirit left for exultation. AS the New York Times said yesterday, editorially:
 The road has been too long. Too
 many have died. There has been too
 frightful an irony in the spectacle Of the whole strength Of civilization, its
 miracle of science. its productive disci-
 pline, mobilized for destruction. But
 today we can exult without injustice
 to the dead"
 Hitler tried to liquidate Paris, but, 1t seems. there will always be Paris.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-24
Local Republican Party Uneasiness

There must be considerable uneasiness among local Republican leaders as to the results of the coming fall elections. The uneasinesS stems from the fact that state party ranks are hopeful of reelection this fall, which hardly will become fact as result of efforts by the local COP. lead ers That the uneasiness exists is appar- ent by the current vehement, but none too true sounding. protests being made by local leaders to the credible reports that disunity is more rampant than ever within the local party.
 While it is not a new fact that the state ticket will receive little effective support from the Waterbury Republican party, the local leaders never have been capable of preparing themselves to accept in any spartan manner, this annual case of llt- ters which they bring upon themselves by their intra-party pickering.
 The people Of Waterbury, Republican and Democrats, have known for so long of the existence of this disunity. within the COP. ranks, that it seems futile at this time for local leaders to deny that existence, without some visible proof that the latter is so.
 Few Of these leaders have shown retic- ence or publicity shyness in the past and certainly if any harmonious cohesivenesS had been effected by now it would have been the cause for public rejoicing and maudlin hatchet-burials.
 It is possible, that some day, the rank and-file supporters Of the local Repubh- can party will arise and demand show down of some of their leaders insisting that the decay be excised from the partys body.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-24
Selected POen,

TAPS" Albert Gallalin Jenkins in the New York Ilmesl Just yesterday they fenced with life And paTred that adventure with a smile, But now-beneath green fields blue seas They pause in death to rest little while Tine only aceolade they've known Was elammy clutch and chill Of deaths embrace, And dying, seem--to0 soon--full grown In stature Of bowed knights receiving Grace The lips that pressed the lily Grail Are sealed in silence Of a qulckning night That speeds to dawn, as shadows pale To glow Of immortality and light The years march with the rank and file And weave a field Of ordered destinles, May each bring solaee, mile by mile. To paTentage Of treasured sons like these,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-24
Pennies for Thoughts

It seems that the Pullman people have taken that coy cireumlOcution Of the curious, "A penny for your thoughts" and put it to work. Since March. l94l, they have paid out pennies to the total of $I80, ,0O0 to their employees for thoughts on how Pullman cars might be built or operated more efficiently. During that time they've received 96,545 suggestions and adopted I4,080.
 Probably we shall have to wait tlll aIbef the war for most of those I4,089 boons to travellers. IT9Hl then we only hope that the Pullman employees managed to devise a nOiseless, bumpless coupling process (aC least in the dead of night) and also some sort of walkie-talkie arrangement Dy which the passenger with an upper may get in touch with the porter and procure the ladder, even when he has fingered ID the club car past the rorter's bedtime
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-24

fact that every informed source in this region condemns as error the restoration of lamb to the ration list ought to con vince the national OPA that point hol- lday on lamb is necessary in this area to prevent a grave waste of food and grave loss to producers"
 II the OPA is as stubborn about cor rectlng the lamb situation as it has been about correcting it's unexplainable high est price line limitation orders, and its resistance to suggested improvements in the Price Control Act, and access to district courts, the present lamb supply will be old sheep unfit to eat before any relief is given.
 Although they are willing supporters of wartime rationing and price control, the people are getting a good taste of bureaucratic dictation. It is cryStalizing their determination to regain their inde- pendence and control of their local affairs at the earliest possible date after this war.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-24
No Time for Incompetence

Another cut in the Octane rating of gasoline has been made. This means that your car will knock little louder on hills and hard pulls The oil industry should not be blamed for this The better gaso- line has gone overseas to fight the war. American oil companies are supplying the bulk of the oil for the Allies.
 It is due to no fault of the oil industry that there is an oil shortage at home. It is a miracle that the shortage has not been greater The industry could most certainly get more oil in this country with a little more steel and manpOwer, and II independent producers and wildcatters were not discouraged in their hunt for oil by arbitrarily low prices.
 No one resents oil shortages and lower octane rating imposed by war necessity. But they do resent any national oil policy or price fixing that prevents or discour- ages companies from seeking new oil re- serves which would increase production