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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-06
'K-RATI0NP GOOD,
LAWMAKERS SAY

WASHINGTON, March s. R -
Senators still picking bareback
from their bridgework agreed to-
day that the Army's K-Ration is
good solid eating.
At the suggestion Of Senator
Bridges GRIND, several Senators
spent a day on the diet OF front
line fighters. The verdict with
some reservations: 10
It's fine food for its purpose,
which is to provide soldiers meal
when they cannot get anything
else.
The Senators - who've known
some pretty horrible substitutes
for food in their travels among
the banquet tables-found in the K.
ration such things as biscuits, so.
luble coffe, lemon juice powder.
canned ham and eggs and concen
trated chocolate.
The reactions ranged from enthu
siasm to the quiet observations as
that Sherman knew his wars.
IT enjoyed the front line fooo
right down to the chewing gum
and cigarets," said Chairman Rey
nolds (D-NC) of the Senate Mill
tary Affairs Committee. To which
less enthusiastic colleague OBJ
served:
'The bareback was hard as the
hubs of hell
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-06
GAS BOOK CHECK
TO START TODAY

CHARLOTTE, March Ill.,
Throughout the western North Car
DINA Monday OPA Investigators
will begin stopping motorists to
inspect gas ration books.
L. w. D1isccll, director of the
Charlotte OPA headquarters, said
the procedure is part Of a nation
wide program of enforcement Of
gasoline regulations to help
smash the black market.
Motorists found with unindors-
ed coupons will be cited to appear
before their local ration boards
within 10 days and exhibit fully
endorsed coupons.
Regulations require that every
coupon in gasoline book shall
have written across its back the
license number and state Of reg
istration of the car for which 1t
was issued.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-06
FBI CHIEF LEADS
PROBE IN MIAMI
Investigations Bring eli
max To Hectic Wartime
Tourist Season

MIAMI, Fla, March 5.-P)-A
series of governmental investiga
tons brought climax today to a
hectic wartime Miami tourist sea
son which was showing signs o.
subsiding after reaching boom pro-
portions.
]. Edgar Hoover, director of the
Federal Bureau of Investigation
himself led all inquiry which re-
suited in the arrest of 80 railway
and hotel employees and one taxi
cab driver charged with running
what Hoover termed black mar
ket in railroad reservations.
They are accused of getting from
$40 to $100 above regular price:
for northbound tickets from des
perate winter visitors who other
wise would be stranded here be
cause all transportation agencies
are overtaxed. Other arrests were
promised this week.
A United States Senate commit
tee and the Office of Price Ad
ministration both moved to inves
tigate reports of widespread rem
profiteering and hiking of hote
rates above ceilings.
Senator Harry S. Truman Cd
MOI, chairman of the senatorial
committee, said at Washington
that committee investigate
would check especially accommo
dations provided for soldiers AM
sailors and their families and TIL
prices charged.
A somewhat similar probe, aim
ed specifically at the rates bein|
charged by some of Miami Beach
resort hotels, already is underwa.
here by the OPA, Lawrence L
Schroeder, Jr., local rent contro
director, revealed.
Schroeder said some of the he
tells with ceiling rate of $12
day for two in room had bee
charging $25 for room an
meals, and forcing all the occu
pants to take the meals with tn
room. The rent director reveale
he had asked the cooperation
the Dade County War Price an
Rationing Board in the inves!igs
ton.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-06

LONDON, March SIP - Gen.
Dwight D. Eisenhower, saying
that "only self-disciplined army
can win battles" told American
forces in Britain tonight it was vi
tai that they work with the Brit
ish s'both in the fighting services
and in civil life on the basis Of
mutual respect, consideration and
cooperation"
"This means we must earn and
keep their respect as a great mil
itary machine dedicated to the
single task of doing our duty in
winning this war;" the Supreme
Allied Commander said.
His order was laid down in a
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unique letter addressed 'To every
American serving under my COM
mand."
The duty of every company COM
mander, he said, is to know all his
men, their qualifications, their
problems, their habits and their
personalities.
He must protect them and in
sure to each chance to serve in
telligently and usefully in the
cause for which our country is
engaged in this war;"
Every high commander, Eisen.
hover continued, must see that
justice prevails and that every
enlisted man and enlisted Wac or
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-06
JAPS HIRE THUGS
TO MURDER YANKS
Enemy Reports To Band OF
Salaried Gunner To
Stay u. S. Officers
BY CLYDE FARNSWORTH

A 14TH U. S. AIR FORCE FOR
WARD AIR BASE IN CHINA,
March 1-Delayed)- Up Chinese
military authorities have warned
American air force personnel that
the Japanese have organized a
band of salaried gunner at strate-
gic points to kill American officers,
especially filters.
No such attacks have taken place
as yet, but the warning heightens
the atmosphere of suspense and or
iental mystery at such advanced
bases as this one.
The notice stated that the Chi
nese have discovered that at least
200 would-be assassins have been
assigned to certain regions where
they are maintaining themselves
on a daily wage of 400 Chinese
dollars ($2O at the official United
States rate) while awaiting oppor.
tunities for murder.
Besides the per diem rate, &C.
cording to the warning, the secret
operatives have been promised a
bonus of 100000 Chinese dollars
for the assassination of captain
600, 900 for a major and 100000 fol
colonel or officer of higher rank
(The Bonuses would amount tt
$500 to $35,OOO in American ex
changed
Naturally there is a great dea
of gun-toting among the Ameri
cans.
But the chances are against full
fillment of any such plot, thanks
to general security measures taker
by both the Americans and the
Chinese.
The Americans have reason tt
believe that japanese intelligence
is keeping fairly complete files or
key personnel in the 18th All
Force.
This belief is in part responsible
for the present rule against identi
fication for publication Ameri
cans engaged in actual combat.
There is circumstantial evidence
that japanese undercover work
goes beyond the mere keeping O
vengeance files and the main
tenance of an assassination corps
More than one officer is certain
that the Japanese maintain al
efficient weather observation serv
ice or guidance of their air at
tacks in China.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-06
smith CLAIMING
CLEAR CUT WIN
Scion Says Group Found
Out They Had Power
To Call FDR's Aid

WASHINGTON, March 5. -P)-
Chairman Smith D-SC) of the
Senate Agriculture Committee
raimed for Congress a clear-cut
victory over the administrative
branch of government today On the
basis of the sudden decision of a
residential aide, Jonathan Dan
iels, to answer questions.
"A question arose as to whether
we had the power to compel a
witness to testify" he said.
I'VE found out we did,"
Smith indicated that contempt
proceedings started yesterday
against Daniels, confidential White
House assistant, would be dropped,
although he said the final deci-
son lies with the subcommittee
whose questions Daniels at first
had refused to answer. Smith call
ID session Of that group for to-
morrow morning.
The Presidents administrative
assistant wrote Smith last night
that after talk with President
Roosevelt he had reconsidered his
refusal to testify regarding an as
serted attempt to remove Harry
Slattery as Rural Electrific alton
Administrator. Daniels had con-
tonded that since his official rela-
tionship with the President is con-
tdenial, it would be against pub
lie interest for him to testify on
matters involving a conversation
with Mr. Roosevelt.
However," he told Smith, 81
have conferred with the President.
tie does not think that in this par
ilcuar matter my testimony could
adversely affect the public in
'erest Therefore, I advise you
mat j.! am entirely willing to ap'
pear before the committee and an
SWer the questions propounded te
me on last Monday, or any 9th
Fl questions with reference to this
particular matter
Slattery had testified that Dan
elS had asked him three times tt
resign as REA chief. The sub
committee was seeking corrobora
ZION from Daniels.
An unexpected element was in
lected when Daniels told Smith
nat the President himself sen
word ne would be happy" to dis
caSS the matter with the commit
zee personally.
Inc South Carolinian, who ha
Deen at dagger points with MI
roosevelt since the White Hous
asFtem p tie d unsuccessfully t
purge" him in the 1888 election
look the offer in his stride.
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delegates Will 60 unrestricted t(
the party's Chicago convention
four months hence, but unless the
pattern of events changes radio
ally many Republican strategists
believe the nomination will be TAX
en- by one of the candidates who
shows material strength on the
first ballot.
That is what happened in 1910
when Wendell L. Willkie, who is
trying for the nomination again,
won out on the sixth ballot after
trailing Gov. Thomas E. Dewey
of New York and Senator Robert
Taft of Ohio.
Taft, who has eliminated him
self from the race this year in ia
vor of Gov. John w. Bricker Of
Ohio, said Il can't see any likeli.
hood OF a deadlock developing be.
tween the leading candidates
which would open the way for a
darkhorse."
1uciC 1dSu UCCl 4CoA NoA n
horse nomination in so years." he
told a reporter.
Taft's ideas do not coincide with
those of Senator Vandenberg (R'
Mich, who is pushing the posi-
BILE candidacy Of Gen. Dougla:
Macarthur. But Vandenburg con
cedes that only deadlock between
candidates with far more pledged
delegates than Macarthur can pu
the general into the picture.
With the selection of delegate:
just beginning-New Mexico ha'
picked eight and Florida will &C
tomorrow to name a group to cas-
Is votes-it is too early to fore
cast which candidate will be II
a leading position on the first bal
lot. Governor Dewey, who IS no
j announced candidate but who's
friends say he will accept a noml
CONTINUED on Page Two; Col. 8
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-06
WAR
PLANS ANNOUNCED
Project Called A Must
For Postwar Recon-
struction Era

NEW YORK, March s. R "A
plan for establishment of ga con-
tinuous and permanent clearing
house of pertinent and easily &C
cessible information on methods
of prevention of crime and juvenile
delinquency was announced today
in joint statement Of the Ameri-
can Prison Association and the So
ciety for the prevention of crime.
The statement, issued by Edward
R. Cass, Prison Association gen.
eral secretary, and Edwin J. Lu-
kas, executive director of the
Crime Prevention Society, said OF
the plan that nothing like it
urgently needed as it has been
was ever attempted before. The
project is thought of as a must
for postwar reconstruction"
The projec,, the statement said,
calls for a nationwide study Of
juvenile delinquency and crime
preventive techniques in about g
cities and towns, selected on the
basis of population structures, dis
parate crime rates and other rele
want elements" Its ultimate aim
is production Of crime proven
ton manual, to be distributed
widely to all organizations concern
ed, ''for use by them in creating
new preventive and treatmen
services and to help them in ad
justing and intergrating existing
enterprises.
''This is a well-planned, scientlf
ic and practical approach to crime
it will, we are certain, produce
preventive and treatment plan tina
will replace the stop-gap expedl
encies of public and private agen
cies today"
Cass and Lukas said the stud.
would be guided by seventeen o
the country's most distinguishes
sociologist, criminologists and pen
ologists, participating actively a
advisers. The Prison Association
they said, will survey the method
of public and private agencies tina
can be utilized most success1ull'
in treating the problems OF adde's
cent crime throughout the nation
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-06
GOOD RESULTS
Fourteen Enemy Air Craft
Are Shot D wn By
Fighter Escorts

LONDON, March 5-R-Libera-
tors of the U. S. Eighth Air Force
bombed a German fighter and
bomber base at Cognac, in south
western France, with good results
today and also attacked Bergerac
and other enemy localities in the
same area, U. S. headquarters an
nounced tonight.
Fourteen enemy aircraft were
shot down by the fighter escort
made up of Thunderbolts, Mustangs
and Lightnings of the Eighth Air
Force and Mustangs of the Ninth
Air Force. It was stated.
The number destroyed by bomb
ers was not Immediately tabulated.
Planes Lost
Four Liberators and five fight
ers failed to return.
The assault on France, fourth
major operation in four days by
U. S. heavy bombers-followed on
the heels of another attack on Ber-
lin last night by Raj Mosquitoes
| which hit the German capital soon
after announcement Saturday OF
the first American raid ever made
on it-a daylight foray by Fly
ing Fortresses.
The Liberators' punch into south
western France was accompanied
by an all-day offensive against the
Pas de Calais coast of northern
France.
Shuttle Service
| Marauders shuttled back and
forth during most of the daylight
hours. Raj typhoon fighter bomb
ers hit the same area in the morn
ing and in the afternoon the Ty-
phoons returned along with Raj
and Canadian Spitfires.
These lighter planes roared
across the Channel in waves total
ing more than eco planes in what
was described officially as &
.series of intermittent attacks"
Virtually no enemy fighters were
seen during any of these opera
tons although unusually heavy
flax was reported and one Maraud
er was shot down.
Columns of Smoke
Crews said they saw bomb crat
ers pitting the target area ane
columns of smoke rising.
II saw our bomb pattern com
pletely blanket the aiming poin'
and all bombs fell on the target, .
declared one bombardier, Capt
William Leirevaag, Chicago, Ill.
The Liberators and their escor
bucked both a strong headwind ano
rockets to carry their attack tt
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the big enemy naval station at
Truk, and that other planes at
tackled Kusaie, southeast of Po-
nape and the easternmost island
of the entire Caroline group and
Japanese-held islands in the Mar
shalls.
Ponape and Kusaie were raid
ed by four-engisaed Army and
Navy Liberators. 1t seemed highly
probable they took off from either
Kwajalein, SIG nautical miles
from Ponape and 348 miles from
Kusaie, or from Eniwetok, less
than 400 miles from each of the
Japanese-held targets. Kwajalein
has been in American hands a
full month.
It was the ninth raid within
three weeks on Ponape, and the
10th raid on Kusaie since January
II.
The increasing frequency of air
attacks on these islands suggest
ed that the big bombers were op'
Grating from nearby bases.
The Japanese also felt the
sting of fresh reverses in the
South and Southwest Pacific.
General Douglas Macarthur
said that dismounted American
cavalyrmen on Los Negros island
in the Admiralty group were
cleaning out the enemy ringing
their positions around strategic
Momote airport, from which Al
lied planes can cover large sweeps
of the Bismarck sea.
American reinforcements were
landed on Los Negros, where the
Japanese already have lost 5000
killed and wounded in week o.
fighting. American destroyer!
shelled a harbor on adjacent Ma
nus Island to prevent transfer o:
reinforcements on Los Negros.
Along the New Guinea coast
heavy bombers destroyed or dam
aged 16 japanese planes on the
ground at Wewak.
Rabaul, New Britain, was at
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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-06
Is Red Cross Girls
Are Given Permission
To Go To China Front

NEW DELHI, March 5.-@
twenty-five Red Cross girls
have been flown safely across
the Hump and now are operat-
ing clubs for American SOL
diers in China, Army head
quarters has announced.
1t. Gen. Joseph w. Stilwell
originally was opposed to al
lowing Red Cross or other wo-
men into advanced bases
such as China, where the only
exit is by air, but the first
few permitted there proved SO
popular with the troops that
he finally agreed to a top
limit of rs.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-06

and heavy artillery Smelling.
Rain limited ground fighting on
the beachhead and Casino fronts
of the Fifth army, and weather
"urtaled air operations to 300
sorties.
In the Casino sector, French
;roops repulsed a Nazi patrol near
Mt. San Croce, and a New Zea-
land patrol inflicted losses on the
enemy south of Casino. The
ground was muddy and some riv-
ers near flood stage in this area.
Patroling and artillery duels
marked the Eighth Army front al
so, and Canadian mortars scored
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i. S. Soldiers In Britain Are Told
Cooperation OF Utm ost Importance

civilian employe understands the
right of legitimate appeal from
what may be considered capricious
or arbitrary punishment"
"On my assurance that our Sue
cess in battle and our chances to
return home safely and speedily
are directly affected by our sue
cess in establishing here reputa-
ton as a first class, disciplined
fighting organization, I ask each
of you, particularly the officers,
to be especially careful concern
ing:
Improper use Of motor trans
portation.
Continued on Page Two; Col. 81,
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One Nazi tank was knocked out.
British troops cleaned up a poe
and with no study of the kind of tax
west of Carroceto, killing Is and
capturing % including two COM
rany commanders, and patrols in
his area and at other beachhead
points hit into Nazi positions, in
flicting casualties and Selling pris-
cners.
The British cruiser Mauritius
shelled German gun and troop con-
centrations nine times Friday
night with "most effective re-
suits. Headquarters said unload
Ing of supplies at Anzio continued
despite new German air attacks
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-06

WASHINGTON, March 5. -P)-
- lax slmplification, subject close
'" inc minds and pocketbooks Of
A.ahy citizen these days, is
'uiAethlng on which Congress
LIQUID make haste slowly, suggest
g. rep. Robertson D-Va) today.
Inc Virginian, a longtime mem
r el Oh the House Ways an Means
,Lolninlttee which institutes all tax
cessation, said many helpful sug-
SestlonS to simplify taxation al
r eauy mad been given the COM
'hittee, but he added:
l. 1t is more important for us to
~ a good job than it is to do a
''ck lob. because any action we
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-06

take will not become effective I'M
til next year."
The present internal revenue
code. Robertson said, sis to a
large extent a patchwork job"
he explained that it was revised
in 1899 by eliminating obsolete
SC ctions but that the tax laws
were not simplified.
"Since war spending started IN
194O.' ne commented, pacing the
floor of his office, 1--WE have add
ed new tax provisions each year
ir a desperate effort to secure ad-
litional revenue and without ade-
ouate study of the tax structure
as a whole, Of the Federal. state
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-06
3 Surviving Quads
Are Reported Doing
Fine At London Home

LONDON, March 5.-R-
The three surviving. HeanOr
quadruplets had marvellous
day" today, said the matron
of a nursing home where the
infants are being cared for.
ssMichael seems the most
alert" she added. "Maurren
and Madeline are more sleepy,
Int all have learned to cry
Justify when they are hungry"
Macdonald, the youngest Of
the uuads born last Monday to
23-year-old Nora Carpenter,
died Thursday night.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-06
VATUTIN IS REPLACED
Stain Announces New OF.
fensive In Special Order /
OF The Day 4

LONDON, March 5.-ReMari
shall Joseph Stain announced to-
night that the Red army ha' OPP
ened a new offensive in the west
ern Ukraine and under the leader
ship of Marshal Gregory Shukov
has paced the most important So
Wet victories since Stalingrad -
had advanced up to IS miles, rout-
ed IL German divisions and swept
into southern Poland.
A special order of the day by
Stain said the Soviet vanguard in
this two-day advance was now
fighting at the approaches to the
rail station of Volochisk, on the
Odessa-Lwow railway.
Capture of this station, about 80
miles north of the Rumanian from
tier, would sever the only impor-
tant rail line supplying the Ger
mans in the Dnieper Bend and cut
off their most jealousy guarded
artery of retreat.
StdulStlCS OlV00
Statistics given by Stain in his
order of the day to Zhukhov en-
phasized the importance Of the
victory:
Over 500 towns and ham1ets were
captured including IA large places.
The advance, sweeping south
west from Shepetovka, cracked a
120-mile gap in the German de-
tense line.
A Moscow victory salute Of 20
salvos from 224 guns were ordered
in celebration. N N
Vatutin Replaced vN
Zhukov, it was Official reoA
nounced in the order, whicecked y
recorded by the Soviet ~ -...s0s
from a broadcast, replaced Gen.
Nikolai F. Vatutin as commander
of the Firsr Ukranfan front be-
cause of Vatutin's illness. 3
Zhukov, second in command to
Stain, has won Official recognition
for his work as coordinator of So.
Wet fronts in the victory of Stall.
ingrad, the victory of Moscow, the
breaking of the Leningrad siege.
He was made a marshal about a
year ago.
The farthest westward penetra.
ton in the offensive listed in the
Stain order was the capture of
Vishgorodok, IA miles inside the
old Polish border and only 20
miles northeast of Tarnopol, i'm
portant Polish city and rail cen.
ter. The farthest southern advance
was to Volochisk where Stain said
the Red army is fighting at the
approaches to the railway sta.
ton"
The Moscow communique, broad.
cast shortly after the order of the
Positions Improved
day and recorded by the Soviet
monitor, also announced that far
in the north, the Russians improv-
ed their positions.
The speed and sweep of the
Ukraine advance was reminiscent
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Leads New Soviet Push
= Through The Western Ukraine;
!: 9Th Air F orce Batters France
Americans Turn Back Nazi Thrusts
In Several Clashes At Beachhead
HEADQUARTERS,

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS,
Naples, March 5. P)- American
troops have thrown back batta-
ion OF Nazi infantry in short,
fierce battle below Cisterna, head
quarters said today, and Allied
forces won successes in other min
or clashes on the beachhead.
The German battalion attacked
down the CisternaPonte Rotto
road, scoring advances, and the
U. S. troops counterattack ed that
night, regaining their positions by
Saturday morning despite heavy
resistance and shellfire. The fight
was especially hard near bridge
..wo miles southwest of Cisterna.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-06
Tax Group Receiving Many Helpful
SUGGESTIONS Toward Simplification

and local government relations,
ket of infiltrating German south
system best calculated to serve
he needs of the people in the post
war era"
Robertson said he felt that such
broad overall tax study is i'm
perative land should be started
row."
No legislation is needed, he de-
clared. to begin such a survey
Of the levy program of the nation
since a study committee was set
Up in 1926 under the revenue code
of that year
This committee, he added, sub
Continued on Page Two; Col. s.
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UP CIRCUIT CLOSED

BUENOS AIRES, March 5.-R
argentine postoffice authorities
'fdered the United Press last
hght to shut down it's teletype
,lfcult between Buenos Aires and
Montevideo through which it trans
Ailtted news to it's clients in Uru-
quay.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-06
Airmen Are Using Bases
In U.S.-Held MarShallS
By REMBERT JAMES
Associated Press War Writer

New attacks the eastern Caroline Islands by Amer
lean planes evidently using land bases limited today that
Admiral Chester W. Nitz has put to his newly con-
quered air fields in the Marshall islands, The Navy report
ed that % tons Of bombs dropped March on Pona
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-06
No Darkhorse Expected
ToGetGOP Nomination

WASHINGTON, March 5-(P)-With the preconven-
ton campaign entering its intermediate phase practical
politicians beginning to discount sharply the chances
that any darkhorse will win the Republican Presidential
nomination appeared today that majority of the 1O59