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The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1944-02-28
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The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1944-02-28
FAILS TO TAX PROFITS

After reviewing its failure to tax
wealth. big profits and special privi-
leges, he wrote in his veto mes
sage that it had been suggested
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-11
Five Waves Of Allied =
Bombers Blast Faenzd
To Aid British Drive

ROME, Dec. 10-(P)-Five waves
of U. S. Mitchell bombers rained
thousands of augmentation bombs
today on German lines around
Faenza, where British Eighth Ar
my men have fought off savage
counterattacks seeking to break
the ring slowly being forced around
the Pc highway city.
Hundreds of medium and fight
er-bombers pounded enemy lines,
hit a barracks on Bologna's out
skirts, and again attempted to
close the Bremen Pass route,
through which "a heavy flow of
supplies" again is rollings from
Germany to support Nazi soldiers
in Italy.
The Germans used tanks in their
assaults upon the Eighth Army's
new Lamone river bridgehead
thanking Faenza. strongpoint on
the Bologna highway, but all at
tacks were beaten back Allied
headquarters announced.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-11
Byrnes' Edict Signals
Control On Home Front

session at the White House tomor-
row. under Chairman o. Max
Gardner, former governor of North
Carolina.
OWMR's expansion is bound to
cut in on the policy of the older
war agencies - War Production
Board, War ManpoWer Commls'
sion and Office of Price Admins
tration among others. But while
exercising "he full charter OF
authority granted OWMR" by Con
gress, Byrnes is represented as IN
tending to leave the agencies op
Grating functions alone.
Byrnes' instr lotions to Selectlve
Service yesterday-'o increase thf
drafting of men aged rs through
81 who are not now doing then
part to contribute to the war ct
fort" viewed as principally
club over war wo1 kers to keer
them a. lathes and benches
OWMR. in other words. is using
the Selective- servic" Act to pu
the teeth" in manpc >ver rules tina
officials have been asking ane
Congress is unlikely to grant
this time.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-11
ALLIES BOMBARD
COBLENZ, BINGEN
RAILROAD YARDS

LONDON, Dec. 10.-(P)-Nearly
1000 American war planes saturat-
ed the congested rail yards of
Coblenz and Bingen on the Rhine
today with 1,500 tons of explosives.
Bomb bays had to be cracked
open by hand after freezing shut
in 50-degree below zero weather.
For the second successive day,
fleets of Britisn-based aircraft Of
the U. S. Eighth Air Force hit vi
tai military targets in the Reich
without being molested by the Ger
man air force or encounterin9
much flax.
Despite hazardous flying condi-
tons the American losses in yes
terday's raid on Stuttgart and the
double blow on Coblenz and Bin.
gen today were seven bombers
and one fighter missing, cut Of
2,700-a record low in U. S. losses
for operations of this size.
The only enemy aircraft spotted
in the raids were one jet-propelled
plane yesterday, which was shot
down, AMI two more today which
kept clear of the bombing forma-
tons.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-11
REDS TAKE TOWN
NEAR BUDAPEST
$500 Prisoners Reported
Captured In Five
Days

LONDON, Dec. TO- tR The
Red Army advanced six miles to.
day down the east bank of the
Danube river and captured Also,
god, within seven miles north Of
Budapest, in a drive that envelop.
ed an additional 40 populated
places above the besieged Hun
garian capital, Moscow reported
tonight.
The Russians already were with.
in five miles Of the capital or
the south and within three miles
on the east.
The Soviet communicate said
that the Second Ukraine Army
had captured $500 prisoners from
December 5 to 9.
Moscow front dispatches ex.
pressed belief Soviet storm troops
already were battling inside the
gates of Budapest, striking the
blows that will knock Hungary
out of the war and pave the way
for an invasion of Germany
through Austria.
Hungary's puppet government
already had fled to the Austrian
frontier town of Sopron, 112 miles
Of Budapest, leaving the city to
be defended by the Germans and
those Hungarians with enough
heart left to put up a fight.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-11
Three Trainmen Die
When Engine Boiler
Explodes In Georgia

GREENVILLE, S. c., Dec. "
(P-A Southern Railway freight
engine exploded a mile and hall
north of Lula, Ga, this morning
killing three trainmen and derall-
ING 18 cars, ten of which were
burned.
Chief Dispatcher J. F. Ayers
said the train was southbound from
Greenville to Atlanta and that
traffic had to be diverted over
the Seaboard Air Line tracks I'm II
the Southern tracks could DC
cleared.
Ayers said the cause OF the ex-
n1osion has not been determined.
The accident occurred at place
rallied Yonah, Ca. where there is
no station.
Ayers iden flied the dead as En-
oineer J. G.. Elliott. Sc, OF Allan
ia. Fireman j. R. McCombs' 81
of Easley, S. c.. and head Brake
man r M. Rocks Of Atlanta, who
was riding the engine at the tlme
of the accident.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-11

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 w =
James F. Byrnes' produce OF
fight" edict signals his Assumption
Of full policy control over the
home front effort. W..
Associates in the Office OF war
Mobilization and ReconVerslo u,
lid today tina. the director Will
re1egate his dispute-settling 1unc'
lion to second place and take &C
tive direction of the productloh
n Nv and economic phases Of
+he war as well as RECEIVERS;
IF Bvrne, shor ly will make two
more appointments to his new
staff, it was learned, one Of the"
Manning chief who will head
INIT intended to chart home wai
n r,l right through to the de
rpsah;1iza ion of industrial controls
and ration programs.
A rapid start on deliberations o
N. OWMR advisory board, ap-
nointea by President Roosevelt
1sst week to give Byrnes the view
POINTS of labor, management, ag
r;culture and public spokesman, i:
indicated in the calling of its frs
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-11
nobel PRIZES
GIVEN IN U. S,
FDR And Swedish King
Join In Congratulating
Winners

NEW YORK, Dec. 10. - Pl -
President Roosevelt and King
Gustav V of Sweden joined to-
day in expressing hope that scien-
lists again would contribute their
talents to the benefit of mankind
as Nobel prizes were presented in
the United States for the first time.
The prizes, usually given in
Stockholm's concert hall by Swe-
denis king, were presented, be-
cause of wartime travel condi-
tons in the Waldorf-Astoria hotel S
grand ballroom by the Swedish
Minister, Wollmar F. Bostroem.
Five American citizens and one
Dane received awards totaing
$12o,OO0.
For the sixth year there was no
peace prize but Bostroem said he
hoped that someone will be found
worthy of at least one next year"
and that all prizes again would be
presented in Stockholm.
President Roosevelt in a mes
sage to the presentation luncheon
said "here in America we have
always believed that science should
be a servant Of the people.
Il am confident that after this
Continued on Page Five; Col. -
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-11
New Congress To Consider Consolidation
OF Army And Navy StqHs In Single Unit

should guide the two armed forces
and that peacetime mllltary-na-
val establishment should be built
around universal military training.
Early enactment of the May
Vinson bill next year would re-
quire the joint chiefs OF staff to
make recommendations concern
ing the peacetime strength OF the
Army and Navy. AS soon as these
recommendations are made, the
Postwar Military Committee is ex-
pected to recommend enactment OF
compulsory peacetinfe military
training legislation.
May already has introduced a
bill to require able bodied youth
to take one year of military train
ing in peacetime, and to enter a
reserve subject to active duty in
case of emergency. Hearings or
the peacetime draft bill tentative
ly are slated to be held by the
Military Committee early next
year. J
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-11
SNOW BLANKETS
MIDWEST STATES
Three Deaths Reported In
Heavy Blizzard; Traf-
fic Snarled

KANSAS CITY, Dec. 10. -(P)-
Snow, heaviest in Kansas City
where it measured nine inches,
blanketed Missouri, Kansas, Ne
braska and Colorado today, caused
three traffic deaths and made high
way travel hazardous over much
of the area.
The early snowfall which began
Friday night was beginning to
slacken today, however, and the
Weather Bureau promised that 1--WE
have seen about all of this storm. .
Rains which preceded snoWflakes
over much of Kansas and Missouri
left an undercoating of ice as
temperatures fell to 3 degrees at
Denver last night, 9 at Garden
City, Kas., and 16 at Guymon In
northwestern Oklahoma where
light snow and sleet fell yester-
day and today.
Slippery pavements were blam
ed for the death of Joseph S. An
derson, SO, a mine superintendent
in a collision at Cripple Creek,
Colo. the Highway patrol re
por ed.
Partially blocked roads from
Greedy, Colo. to Cheyenne, Wyo.
were reported after a tour-inch
snow in Denver and lighter blan-
ket in the eastern part OF the
state.
At Oregon Mo, Carl Grant, 60
St Joseph Motor Sales executive,
died when his automobile sklcded
from a highway, and Frank Alex
ander Puhr. 66. was killed during
a snowstorm When he was struck
by truck in front of his farm
home near Shawnee, Kas.
Snowplows were having difficult
tv keeping roads open in Missouri
and Kansas. and traffic was NOV
inc cautiously over hills OF the
Kansas City downtown section
Collisions were numerous Saturday
night when visibility was poor
during the worst part of the storm
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-11
First Army Opens Drive
Against Last Roer Line;
Americans Seize Ormoc
Mo lima Is Pounded
ByAmerican Warships

the island from Superfortress
bombs. one column reaching
1000 feet. Then we saw Liberia
tors come In and lay down the
most beautiful bomb pattern l
ever saw straight across the
island, not one bomb landed
In the water.
eve started shelling at 1:47
pm. from the north end of Two
we circled the entire island at
about 20 knots firing salvos
every 20 seconds. We finished
Smelling at 2:47 pm.
1.-THE Japs opened up with
few six-inch guns without ef-
feet and after five minutes
they didn't fire at all. Our de-
stroyers fired five-inchers all
the time. The cruisers used
eight-inchers and then closed to
1000 yards firing five inchers
during the last 20 minutes of
the bOmbardment.'
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-11

While May declined to say wheth
er the Army and Navy are spon
soring the legislation, it was learn
ed elsewhere tina. it was introduc
ed with their knowledge and con
sent.
The joint chiefs Of staff now op.
crate only under temporary au
thority. The legislation pending
would cloak the Army-Navy High
Command wi h power to ''formu
late and collaborate in the execu
ton of policies and plans concern.
ing military and naval operations
and make studies and recommen'
dations as to strength, organiza'
ton and equipment of the several
components of the armed forces.
The special House Committee or
Post War Military Policy has held
extensive hearings on proposals tc
merge the Army and the Navy
but has reached no conclusion. Its
members generally are in agree,
ment, however, that joint staf1
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-11
THIRD REFUSES
FOUR ASSAULTS
Snow Covers Front As Sew
enth Keeps Up Pres
sure On Foe

PARIS, Dec. 10.-P)-The
doughboys of the U. S. First
Army opened a vicious drive
against the enemy's last foot
holds west of the Roer river
at dawn today and by night
fall had gained nearly a mile,
captured four towns and
fought into three others.
Their concerted blows rained
down along a 10-mile, snow-cover-
ed front after 500 medium bomb
ers and ighterbombers and hun
dreds of big guns had pulverized
enemy positions in their path.
The First's biggest attack in
week was loosed as the U. S. Third
Army beat off four attacks against
its Saar bridgeheads and sent its
Goth Division to within three miles
of the Saar Basin on the south sf-
ter overrunning Gros Rederching,
southeast of virtually liberated
Sarreguernines in one-mile adj
vance.
The U. S. Seventh Army, keep
ing up the terrific pressure on
Germany from the south, fought
house-to-house into Haguenau. the
most important enemy base left in
northern Alsace, after breaking
through bunkers emplaced along
railway tracks on the southwest.
Nearly 1000 heavy bomoers and
fighters. daring the Intermittent
snow and temperatures as low as
so degrees below zero, backed the
First Army attack with smashing
blows on crowded rail lines and
other targets in the Rhineland.
In southern Alsace. the French
First Army captured the enemy
stronghold of Thanh, 10 miles
northwest of Mulhouse, as it press
ed eastward against an enemy
Withdrawing across the Rhine.
Floods slowed American and
French forces trying to close the
gap between them north and south
of German-held Colmar, but the
First Tactical Air Force poured 80
tons of bombs on the Rhine rail
bridge at Neuf-Brisach, one of the
last escape spans for the enemy
east of Colmar.
Patrols felt out enemy positions
Continued on Page Two; Col, 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-11

SAIPAN, Dec. 9.-(Via Navy
radio-delayed) -(P- Firing
salvOs every twenty seconds,
American cruisers and destroy
ers slowly paraded around ia
pans Two Jima for a full hour
yesterday pouring some 300
tons of explosives into the Nip
pom base.
The warships cut loose OH
the island shortly after it was
battered by twice or three
times that weight in aerial
bombs dropped by B-29s and
B-24s.
There was slight Japanese re-
turn fire during the first five
minutes and it didn't even
come close" said Associated
Press Photographer Charles
CORY.
The photographer reported
AN hour before we got to Two
We could see smoke all over
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-11
BIG GUNS HIT BHAMO
Chinese Drag Seige Weapons
Through Burmese Jungle

SOUTHEAST ASIA COMMAND
HEADQUARTERS, HANDY, Cey-
In, Dec. 10.-P)-Chinese troops
have brought up heavy siege guns
and are blasting Bhamo, Burma
road stronghold in northern Bur
ma, the Southeast Asia Command
announced today.
Guns of 105 and 155 nm. have
been brought up through the jungle
to aid in reducing the stronghold
on he Irrawaddy ITO miles north
east of Mandalay.
On the Chindwin river front, tc
the southwest, East African troops
were harassing the enemy along
the main road between the river
BORT of Kalewa and Yeu, 80 miles
east on the Mu river.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-11
LEYTE CAMPAIGN
IS NOT FINISHED
Macarthur Figures Trap.
ped Force At Many
Thousands

GENERAL M'ARTHUR'S
HEADQUARTERS, PHILIP.
PINES, Monday, Dec. IL. -
(F - Four days after the
American 77th Division sur.
prised the japanese with
swift landings on the west
coast of Leyte island, these
battle hardened veterans
smashed through strong re.
sistance yesterday to seize
Ormoc, vital enemy supply
port.
The capture came in mid-after-
noon after an attack launched in
the early morning from the vicin.
ity of Camp Downes, on the south
ern outskirts of Ormoc.
While the town was a japanese
reinforcement point for the entire
Ormoc corridor and its loss repre-
sents a heavy blow to the enemy,
it does not mean the Leyte cam
paign is concluded. There is still
much heavy fighting to be done
before japanese forces both south
and north of Ormoc are wiped out
There have been no recent est.
mates of the strength of the Jap
anese forces, but after reinforce.
ment moves they were estimated
at ''many thousand"
Gen. Douglas Macarthur describ
ed the force trapped between the
7th and 77th Divisions as "many
thousand strong"
Three forces were converging or
the trapped Japanese. The 77tt
Continued o,.c Page Five; Col. A.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-11

Jay COVcIluS Lile area WIFI 10
trucks, donated for the purpose.
A check, in the amount OF $343.
81 was received for the collection
from the Wilmington Paper Stock
Co., which will be presented to the
New Hanover County Tuberculosis
Association to be used to help build
a new tuberculosis hospital here
after the war, campaign officials
announced last night.
Thirty truck-loads, representing
nearly one ton per load, were haul
ed into the yards of the paper stock
company, and last night when the
drive ended, pile of scrap paper
about Y feet high, $50 feet long,
and so feet wide was standing
about one-third of which had beer
baled and prepared for shipment
There were few complaints re
ceived by the Star-News, but cam.
paigners reported last night that
they inadvertently picked up q
few copies of the Sunday Star.
News, which had not been taken ir
by late risers yesterday.
In order to facilitate the collec.
ton of the large supply of SCRAP
paper, campaign workers divided
the area into eleven zones, ex
tending from Wilmington tc
Wrightsville, including as many
suburbs as time and equipment
would permit.
Headquarters for the collectors
was established at the Springer
Coal Co.. where each load was
weighed before being taken to the
Continued. on Page Two; Col. a.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-11
HSIASU RETAKEN
BY CHINESE IN
KWEICHOW PUSH

CHUNGKING, Dec 10. - R) -
The KweichoW railroad town of
Hsiasu, II miles from the Kwangsi
province border, has been recap
tured by the Chinese in their cur
rent counteroffensive which vir-
tually has cleared Kweichow pro-
vince of the invaders, the Chinese
High Command announced today.
The Japanese once penetrated to
a point 70 miles within KweichoW
in a drive toward Kweiyang, capt.
tai of the province and a strate-
gic Burma road town from which
they could nave driven 300 miles
southwest to Running or to Chung
king, 200 miles northwest.
The High Command said Hsiasu
fell yesterday and ''the battered
enemy is fleeing toward Liuchai
pursued by our troops Liuchai
is Just over the border in KWangsi
province.
Earlier a Chinese communique
had reported that a second jap
anese. force which had penetrated
Kweichow along the Yuyu-Ishan
trail had been driven to within five
miles of the Kwangsi border and
that Shangsu, g miles southeast
of Kweiyang, had been recaptur-
ed
Although the Chinese comeback
was achieved against comparative
ly small enemy forces it put new
heart and new hope in Chungking
after the anxiety of the past fort
night. Even formerly pessimistic
quarters now believe the Chinese
might be able to wi ,hstand any
full-scale invasion of KweichoW and
some predict the Japanese never
will be able to take KWelyang or
Running,
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-11

WASHINGTON, Dec. TO- Up -
First direct ep toward consolldat-
ing the Army and Navy by legls-
lation to establish the joint chiefs
of staff as a permanent body will
face the new Congress.
1t was introduced last week IN
he House by Chairman May 3D.
XVI of the Military Committee and
Chairman Vinson (D-Ga OF the
Naval Committee, but will not be
pushed during the remaining days
of the present session. The joint
chiefs, whose purpose in coordi-
nation, includes the heads of the
ervices and the Presidents chief
of staff.
eve just want to get the sub
ject before Congress and have a
bill ready for action next month. y
May said in an interview. 1.-THE
members will have an opportunity
to study it between now and the
time the new Congress convenes. ="
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-11
TOKYO REPORTS
NEW BIG RAID
Nipponese Radio Also An
nounces Superfort
Over Korea
Bv The Associated Press

Three American Superfortress
flights over Japan proper and a
fourth over Nippon-held Korea
within a period of Is hours were
reported by Radio Tokyo Sunday.
The broadcast, recorded by Fed
eral Communications Commission,
lacked verification from any Am
erican source.
The Japanese said two BIOS
from Saipan hit the Nippon capt.
tai Sunday night (Tokyo tine)
with many incendiary bombs
that started fires which were ''im-
mediately put OUT
Tokyo said the raiders filed"
in the face of heavy anti-aircraft
artillery barrage.
The japanese reported Super
forts also visited western Japan
Saturday night and Kyushu island
and Korea Sunday morning, Tokyo
time.
The Japanese agency Domei
said a lone BIG was over the
Fusan region of Korea while an
other was over the western part
Continued on Page Two: Col. 81
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BRUSSELS NEWSMAN
CHALLENGES PLANS
OF PiERLOT GROUP
By ROBERT EUNSON


BRUSSELS. Belgium, Dec. 10
ia former Brussels newspaper
e9o-ter who heads the resistance
increment in Belgium is challeng-
ing the leadership Of Hubert Pier
A prime minister of Belgium, on
SIX nam issues.
Inlet Of these is his charge hat
lF government has been ineffec-
i've IN dealing with collaborators
'u even is friendly to them.
fofly-year-old Fernand Demany,
WHO founded and led the front OF
+ lsaNance through the years OF
s v occupa ion outlined these
u'y'leS with Pierlot's govern
nent.
l. The Prime Minister did moi
!, nesFate the resistance forces in.
W 0F new Belgian army. This
i~us army had been more active
a. !. resisting he Germans than an,
~ 0'ef occupied countries, De
:, .'' said. and it desired to figh
mas unit.
- EaNy economic collaborator>
A. Nul at large while most o.
, ''eS Pierlot's government ha:
w.. ..' Cd have been OF little i'm
n, y. We should fight in an atmos
r.. D.. Of confidence in our lead
h. h.. Demany said. Instead Pier
~. government has become
nr r,ai' toward many who opposed
IsssSting the Germans.
several important collabora
~.4'lnred on Page Five; Col. 3,
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-11

ATHENS, Dec. 10-LPD-RAF
Wellington bombers and cannon
firing Spitfires attacked ELIAS
concentrations around Athens to-
day after an earlier ELIAS attack
supported by mortars and artillery
had been expelled by British troops
using tanks and field guns.
Several mortar shells fired from
EDAS positions fell near British
headquarters on the eastern out
skirts of the city and some sniper
bullets hit the uppe" floors of the
Grande Bretagne hotel, which is
The temporary seat of the Greek
government on Constitution square
in the center of the city.
At least one rs millimeter shell
hit the British headquarters. Artil.
lery experts said the shell fire
came from high ground outside the
city and probably was fired over
open sights.
The danger of epidemics was
causing growing conce1 after the
week-long strife All unloading Of
relief ships was at complete
standstill. UNRRh plans to organ.
ize soup kitchens had failed to ma.
terialize.
Large numbers of dead still are
waiting burial.
With the battle of Athens only be-
ginning and large forces masseo
on both sides neither the ELIAS OF
British are putting all their weight
into the punches, hoping settle
ment still may be reached.
Dimitri Lambrakis, publisher o.
an independent liberal newspap@
who has been working to mediate
the crisis, said tonight he hao
found the Communist and Fan
leaders taking less emphatic
view of their demands.