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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-23

DRY additional official weight as his
news conference this afternoon
with the assertion that Churchill
pointed avoidance of 1914 victory
prediction was in line with what
the president has been saying fol
a couple of years.
The clue to what will happen
is an utterly Unreasonable factor
German m - lie. A morale
erack-up, under the. pressure Of
reverses at the front. and cumula
tive bombings at home, is what
is meant by those who. like LORD
Halifax, British ambassador, hold
that anything can happen"
The best information is that the
Germans still have sufficient pro.
ductive capacity, resources and
manpower and a sufficiently
strong geographical position to
maintain their resistance for an.
other IL months.
There is little. enthusiasm in
service quarters at. present, there
fore, for predictions. that. "X-day''
the War Department. hypcthet-
ical date for defeat. of. Germany
will come before 1945. Such en-
thusiasm as formerly existed was
created by belief that the st-a-
tegic bombing at TIA C k S. would
crumple the enemy home front as
the Red army was crushing his
eastern front.
Now, however, there is accumu-
lated evidence that the Germans
enormous losses at home have
been no more disastrous than their
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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-23

every occasion when the weather
is suitable and to the maximum
extent possible without detracti1g
from the STRAIT gic offensive
against Germany" he said.
The term ''pilotless aircraft"
was presumed to refer to glider
bombs, probably radio-controlled,
like those the Prime Minister pre-
viously disclosed the Germans had
used to attack Allied ships.
It has been generally thought
that the installations in France in
volve concr e.te emplacements
above or below ground or both:
Rocket shells. presumably would
he projected from giant elabor-
alton of the kind Of chutes used
for Fourth OF July rockets. Glide-
bombs might be projected from
similar emplacements, although to
date they have been released only
from airplanes.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-23
TaxBiN KetoedBy President;
Act Called Aid To Greadv:
Solons May Operr; = '',be
Krivoi Rog, Ii Genter,
Falls To ADVANCING Reds

LONDON, Wednesday, Feb. %.
-R1On the 26th anniversary of
the Red army today Moscow cele-
brated the capture of Krivoi Rog,
the Ukraine town of iron mines,
and Premier Marshal Joseph Sta
lin triumphantly announced that in
one year the Russians had swept
the Germans from almost three
quarters of occupied Russia in a
westward advance that in places
exceeded 1000 miles.
At the same time Soviet In
formation Bureau statement an
nounced that 1.-The German fascist
war machine has been placed by
the Red army On the verge of
complete defeat"
Stain announced yesterday the
capture of Krivoi Rog, which the
Germans had defended with fanat-
ic zeal in four months of bitter
fighting. Gen. Rodion Y. Malinov-
sky's Third Ukrainian front forces
took the valuable town by storm,
an order of the day announced a
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-23
rp MlNCES NO WORDS
noughton Ready To Help
Congress Slap The
President Again

WASHINGTON, Feb. o. R -
Tho breach between the White
uouse and Congress widened to
day when, President Roosevelt We
mod the new tax bill with sting
ino message and Democratic
lhairmen of tax-writing commit
Ices promptly backed its enact
ment over his disapproval.
With Republicans lining UP al
most solidly in favor Of overriding
be veto. there appeared to be q
oOod chance that the necessary
two.thirds majority would be mus.
tered in both House and Senate.
The first test will come in the
House on Thursday.
Mr.. Roosevelt. who has fired
sharp language at Congress this
session over soldiers voting and
snti-subsidy legislation. minced nc
words in his veto He declared the
measure sent to him was in some
respects mot tax bill but a tax
relief bill providing relief not for
the needy but for the greedy"
At another point, he said that
having asked for "a loaf of bread"
| it had been suggested that he
should be content with a small
piece Of crust"
Il might have done So" he add
ed. If l had not noted that the
small piece of crust contained so
many extraneous and inedible ma
terials."
Nest of the sharp-tongued replies
at the Capitol come from Repub-
leans, but some Democrats were
plainly resentful of the tone of the
Presidents message.
Rep Doughton D.-N.CD, 80-year
cd chairman of the House Ways
and Means Committee which wrote
the tax bill, declared he 'couldn' t
maintain my self-respect if 1 didn'
vote 10 override the Veto"
ehaisman George (D.-Ga.) of the
&nate Finance Committee also an
bounced he would vote to enact
the bill despite the Presidents OBJ
iections, and predicted the Senate
would vote to override the veto if
tie House does.
The only thing I can get out of
all this" George told reporters,
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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-23
Churchill Promises Greater
|Blows Against Foe As U.S..
Bombers Deliver Big Attack
NaZi Factories Battered
In COOrdinated Attacks

LONDON, Feb. 22.-(P)- Major
aircraft factories at four cities
deep inside Germany were blast
ed today in coordinated assaults
by American heavy bombers from
Britain and Italy.
This first and effective demon
stration of the double barreled
assault system towards which the
U, S. strategic air forces in Eu-
rope have been working called out
some of the bitterest German fight
err opposition of the war. Some OF
the bombers- from Britain fought
Tor four hours against rocket-firing
Nazi planes manned by highly
skilled varsity pilots. AS many as
zoo German planes swarmed up at
some places to challenge the raid
ers.
Bernburg, Aschersleben and Hal
berstadt were the points slammed
by the bombers from Britain, while
those from Italy struck two Vita
Messerschmitt fighter plants at
ReeeuSburg,
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-23

Forty-one of the British-based
are missing after a series of great
battles with skilled German fight.
Il pilots, U. S. Army Air Force
communique said. American es'
cort fighters shot down SO of the
enemy, with one American fighter
definitely destroyed and 10 miss
ng. The bombers' score against
the German fliers has not yet beer
tabulated, the communique added
Losses in the operations from
Italy have not yet been announced
The bombers from Britain sue
cessfully attacked the Junkers 81
assembly plant at Bernburg, fol
the second time in three days
and major airframe and compon
ent factories at Aschersleben ane
Halberstadt, while those from Italy
struck at Regensburg.
Those from Britain also attacked
air fields and other targets il
southern and central Germany, ant
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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-23
Governor Is Studying
Case OF Negro Who
Shot Whiteville Man

RALEIGH, Feb. 22.-AEGover-
nor Broughton said today he would
render shortly a decision in the
case of Wayman G-ainer, 81, Co.
lumbus county Negro sentenced to
die Friday for the Staying last Jan.
uary Is of Harry Phipps, Whiteville
businessman.
The governor said he would con.
fer tomorrow with William Dunn,
Jr., acting paroles commissioner.
He has been studying evidence in
the case for several days.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-23
LAWYER IS HELD
in MURDER CASE

WASHINGTON. Feb. 22.-(R)-A
formal charge of homicide was
filed late today against Robert I.
Miller, 67-year-old criminal attor-
ney, after a coroner's inquest or
dered him held for the grand jury
in the shooting of a noted Wash
ington psychiatrist, DR.. John E.
Lind.
Eyewitnesses told the jury Mill
er. strobe from a department store
few steps behind his wife yes
terday afternoon and as she tried
to get into DR.. Lind's car, the at
torney fired two shots. Lind
slumped over the wheel, dead.
Neither Miller nor his wife, A.,
testified to the jury. He was taken
Immediately to the district Jail.
A Negro porter gave detailed
account of the shooting which cleo
trified shopping crowds shortly
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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-23
Fire Sweeps Through
Swift And Co. Storage
House In Charlotte

CHARLOTTE, Feb. 22.-tR-A
pre-dawn fire today destroyed a
one-story iron corrugated storage
house of the Charlotte refinery oil
Swift and Company on North
Brevard street.
: The structure, approximately
100 by $50 feet, was filled with
collapsed cardboard cartons and
cans and bottles of cooking oil.
Seven companies responded to the
three-alarm fire. Fire Chief Hend-
rix Palmer said the iron-encased
building was like red hot stove.
No estimate of the loss was avail
able.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-23
JURY DECIDES

KANNAPOLIS, Feb. %. - R -
A coroner's jury decided tonight
that George w. Hicks of Con-
cord, a sergeant in the army air
force, and Miss Grace Whitaker,
also of Concord, who were found
dead in a cabin of a tavern ear
lier in the day, died by suffocation
caused by gas leaking from an un-
lighted heater. The bodies were
found shortly after noon by an at
tendant at the tavern.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-23
Kennedy Says He Knows
Nothing About Report
He Will Aid President

PALM BEACH, Fla. Feb. %
RHJoseph P. Kennedy said today
he had received no invitation to
Join President Rooseveit's cabi-
net, as was reported in the Boston
Herald.
IT know nothing about it," he
said when asked for comment on
the report that he had been asked
to serve as secretary of commerce.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-23

president of the State Young DEM
ocratic Clubs.
The committee is composed Of
IL members = six men and six
women from each of the twelve
congressional districts. Members
of the committee are elected for
two year terms at the state con-
vention.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-23
NoEndT European War
Is Seen Now Before 1915

WASHINGTON, Feb. 22.-QF9-Prim Minister Chur-
chils reluctance even hint at Allied victory
Germany this year is shared in military and naval circles
here strong belief has grown that the European war
could 90 on into 1915 President Roosevelt gave that the
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-23
Little Fighting Reported
From Italian Beachhead

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS Naples Feb 22-(P)-
Allied and German heavy guns pounded each others lines
IN heavy artillery dueng the Anzo beachhead today
both sides recuperated from unbroken days of bed
fighting and prepared for further battle Fighting on
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-23
FORECAST

NORTH CAROLINA: Fair to slightly
o,o,,dv and cooler Wednesday. Fair and
der Wednesday night. Thursday fair
IN slightly cloudy and cool.
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Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-04-07
LusfY Mrs. Parkinefon"
Role For Lee Pofriek

HOLLYWOOD - The coveted
role of the much-married Ma
deleine Swami in M-G-M's lusty
love story, Mrs. Parkington,
goes to Lee Patrick, who recent
ly completed a role in the mu-
sical, Moon Over Las Vegas"
The stage and screen actress
will play Greer Garson's grand
daughter in the 1888 sequences
Of the film, which spans a period
from 1872 to 1893.
She is blowsy, goodnatured
woman who marries, in quick
succession, an Argentinian box
er, tennis player, horse
trainer, and a cowboy.
Miss Patrick, formerly on the
New York stage, made her last
appearance on Broadway in
Stage Door"
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-04-07
V-Mail DecOrates
Actress WOrkrOOnl

HOLLYWOOD - "A V-MaIl
Room" is Susan Peters latest
contribution to the art Of in
terror decoration.
The M-G-M actress, now ap-
pearing with Robert Young in
Secrets in the Dark" lives in z
small Santa Monica apartment
In an effort to make each tiny
room distinctive, Susan went all
out for new ideas. Last week
she decided to turn an diversified
closet into a workroom.
Then Susie had her brain
storm. She took every V-Mail
letter received from soldier fans
for the past two years, and pa
pered the walls with these me-
mentoes.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-04-07

HOLLYWOOD (FP)--The Natl Assn o Manufacturers
gsmourizng the American the Hollywood this
while individual like Shell Oil using
that would largely into profits make films
wartime themSeVeSl.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-04-07
Coming To Paramount

o
be preented b.
Philip G.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-04-07
Lono Turner
Versatile In
New Film

HOLLYWOOD-Lana Turner
rumbas!
And when Lana Turner rum
bas, that's news. Five years have
riffled off the calendar since
Lana did her last dance for the
screen. In fact, fourteen months
have passed since she last faced
a motion picture camera. But
she'll make up her absence in q
big way in Marriage Is a Pri-
vate Affair"
Not only does she rumba in
her new M-G-M picture, but she
sings, also plays hot boogie-
Woogie on the piano, in addition
to doing her most serious acting
job on the screen. All of which
marks an interesting return to
her career for Lana, whose baby
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-04-07
Seen On A Hollywood
Movie SET

HOLLYWOOD-Girls to-
day worry about their slips
showing and runs in their
stockings, but Frances Raj
ferty now knows w by
grandmother also had her
worries:
Frances wardrobe for
her role in M-G-M's Gold
Town" includes an 1880
hustle. During a scene re-
Gently the hustle, unknown
to Frances, gradually slip
ped until it down to her
heels. Director Roy Del
Ruth stopped the action.
There wasn't a sound. Sud-
denly Wallace Beery's voice
doomed out:
Frances, your hustle is
showing. Besides, that isn't
where it is wornl"
Frances is still blushing.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-04-07

daughter now is six months old.
Like Watching Circus
Seeing her on the set recent
ly was like seeing a three-ring
circus.
The rumba wasn't even taking
place in the main ring. That
was reserved for the love scenes
Lana was playing with John
Kodiak and James Craig. No
sooner would she step out of a
torrid clinch with one of her
leading men, however, than
Lana would bounce over to an
improvised dance floor, Cuban
band would strike up "Bim Bam
Blu" and Lana would start weav-
ing and Whirling all over the
place.
Her rumba was easy on the
eyes, just as was Lana herself.
A few minutes later, and she
was back in the center ring,
waxing romantic before the
camera. AT the next break, she
skipped over to an adjacent
piano where she had a rehearsal
of "Honeysuckle Rose" and
Star Eyes" the songs she
MARBLES in the picture. AL
though she never has sung on
the screen before, it sounded
convincing.
Proves Versatile Star
Lana's versatility on the
screen often has been proved.
but never so emphatically in
single picture. While important,
her dancing and singing scenes
serve as interludes in the
dramatic story of Marriage Is a
Private Affair" AS the heroine
of Judith Kelly's novel about the
pitfalls of a modern marriage.
Lana faces her most demanding
role.
AS in "Ziegfeld Girl" the pic
ture that first saw her name
flash on the scre n as a star, she
again is being directed by Rob-
ert z. Leonard.
After directing her in a love
scene, Leonard walked over to
watch her have a fling with the
"Whattagirl," he exclaimed.
Just think-all this and an ac-
tress, too"
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-04-07

is under the direction of Flora
Ward Hineline
Written in six days while its
celebrated author was on fur
Tough in North Wales, "Biithe
Spirit has been the most popu-
lar Of all of Co wards 30 con-
tributions to the theatre in the
form Of plays, revues and oper-
ettas. It is now in its third year
IN London while the company
coming here presented it for 682
times in New York before start
ing out on a 30-week tour. Writ
ten for laughing purposes only,
it is the hilarious story of a
peace-loving novelist who finds
himself with two wives on his
hands at the same time. One is
his living second wife, Ruth; the
other is the beautiful and impish
spirit Of his first wife, Elvira,
evoked as the result of a seance
held by a Wich-munching
iHedluTn, Madame Aracati. The
result is a series of mirthfuI
situations. When the play first
was produced one reviewer
wrote 1T shakes the laughter
rafters" while Walter Wincheil
advised: Put it high on your list
of hits to see"
In addition TO the quartet of
celebrated stars the notable cast
includes such prominent artists
as Francis Compton, Valerie Cos
sart and Doreen Lang. The set
tings are by Stewart Clancy and
the gowns from the collection of
Mainbocher. Seats are now on
sale for "Blithe Spirit" at the
Paramount lobby box office
daily 10 to s. Sunda noon.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-04-07

TRUE that the first Hollywood actor to be given gold
mine fan Chill Wills The mine Nevada and Chill
the claim His fan Sergeant Mickey Vance Cianci
with American AS C.CC. worker he
Chill several when the actor Nevada
location with a picture.
Wills just completed leading Nitro GoIdwyn
Mayors Here Private Hargrove," which will at
Loew's Valentine.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-04-07
Ginny Simms Named
Mayor Of Home Town

HOLLYWOOD IS peciaD-
With the manpower shortage at
its peak, the town Of North
ridge, near Hollywood, has kept
pace with the times by choosing
screen star Ginny Simms as It's
honorary mayor.
The M-G-M singing star was
notified this week by the North
ridge Chamber of Commerce
that she had been officially and
unanimously elected to the Of
flee. Ginny accepted with pleas
ure. The star lives with her
parents on 65-acre rancho in
the San Fernando Valley town.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-04-07
CHAMPION G. 1. FAN

Laraine Days No. l fan hasn't
let the war interfere with his
weekly letters. She has just re-
ceiVed letter No. 1873 from Cor
poral Billy Mcclure.
MCGUIRE, now somewhere in
the South Pacific, has written
Miss Day weekly letter for
more than three and half years.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-04-07
Deadpan Diva To
Record Six Songs

HOLLYWOOD - Filmland's S
busiest actress at the moment is
Virginia O'Brien. Not only is she
reading song routines for three
forthcoming M-G-M musicals
but she is recording her first
album of tunes.
For. Decca Records, Inc, the
deadpan songstress is recording
six novelty numbers. Two Of
them, "Salome" and "Say That
We're Sweethearts Again" she
first introduced on the screen.
The others, "A Bird in a Gilded
Cage" Garry Me Back to Old
Virginny," I'm Going Back to
Whur l Come From" and Take
1t Easy" are numbers Virginia
has sung at army camps and
personal appearances.
Three old-time stars, William
Desmond, Jim Thorpe, and Cleo
Ridgeley appear in mining town
sequences of M-G-Ms Mrs.
Parkington," Greer Carson Wal
ter Pidgeon starring picture.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-04-07
NEW JUDY GARLAND
RECORDS

Judy Garland will record a
new album for Decca Records
this week. Tunes will include
those introduced by Judy in her
latest Technicolor production,
M-G-M's Meet Me in st. Louis"
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-04-07

While individual concerns like TO
that would largely go into exceE
boost wartime morale (and ther
NAM Goes Hollywood
1-reel film to show the view
point of industry toward ma
tional economy and social life. "
Last two were postmark-USA
It's propaganda fund sWelled
by the Natl. Industrial Informa-
ton Committee extension, the
MANS 1914 movie will be twice
as long and cost four times as
much as the others.
The film is The Triangle of
Plenty. 1t is based on an article
in Readers Digest. Wouldn't
you Know?) Henry E, Abt, NAM
director of group relations, came
to Hollywood to supervise its
production by Hollywood-train-
ed directors, actors, technicians.
previous NAM films were made
at eastern commercial plants.)
Business Subs for OWL
Congress crack e d Owls
knuckles on film activities TO
save the peoples money. Now
the Owls film subjects are
farmed out to regular Hollywood
producers, and some of the ma
tons big businesses are dabbling
in film production to have
hand in it.
The Owl wanted a trilogy OF
short films to clarity home front
economic problems, so three big
studios undertook one each.
Paramount fl m Economic
Sterilization, Columbia too k
The Why of Wartime Taxes and
Universal produced Ceiling I'm
limited.
The Treasury Dept. had TO
send Economic Expert Herman
Hettinger to Hollywood to CO.
ordinate the scripts and check
overlapping.
The big business volunteers
make war films about their own
products and activities. Some OF
them even get into the army
programs. Flight Log is one in
which Shell Oil tells army air
cadets about 100-octane gaso-
line and whom to thank for it.
Ford Motor Co. has ordered
film reviewing its war activi-
ties. Midwest newspaper pup-
fishers are collecting $500, 900
for a picture to show what the
press has done in the war effort.
J. Walter Thompson advertis-
ing agency already has orders on
hand to produce II pictures for
clients. Other national ad firms
are expected to take on roles as
movie producers.
Advertising is recognized as a
business expense, so the tllm
cost is virtually deduction from
excess profits taxes.
NEVER THE TWAIN. Mary
Pickford has withdrawn her Of
fer of S355,000 and $50 of the
profits for film rights to the
play Junior Miss. Restrictions
are so onerous." The play S !
agent claims the restrictions
were all in the deal Mary's New
York lawyers drew up, but her
Los Angeles lawyers wanted to
renegotiate.
HUBBY, l PRESUME? Story .
relayed from Africa is that June I
Clyde, touring to entertain
troops, ran smack into husband
Freeland.
MYRNA'S BACK. Myrna
10y (remember) is picking up at
M-G-M with her old partner,
William Powell, in The Thin
Man Goes Home. Her last film
was in 1940-Third Finger, Left
Hand.
WHAT'S FOUR YEARS TO n
MGMs contract list, just on
leave of absence. At MGM time
IS nothing. Lewis Stone is start
ing his 21St year under contract
there. Bob Taylor has just re-
ceived a 17-year reneWal-no
options, So pay weeks a year.
(Most Hollywood contracts pro-
vide IL weeks layoff a year,.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-01-05
HEY, KIDS!

Authorities of Zurich, Switzerland,
have recommended that children be
required to go barefooted during
the summer to conserve leather.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-01-05
BY CLYDE r. MILLER

Some mental diseases. like some
physical diseases, are catching; also,
like contagious physical diseases,
they can be prevented.
A diseased individual may be and
frequently is dangerous source OF
contagion. Thus, the disease OF
anti-Semitism can spread as small
pox can spread. 1t is catching.
The panorama Of human history
reveals again and again vast multi
tudes OF people swept away by
manias, phooias and hysteriaS
caused by ignorance and fear and
eliminating in high emotional ex-
element and violence. Today's
highly emotionalized attitudes
against various religious and racial
groups are nothing new in history.
World Epidemic
Hitler and his associates and fol-
lowers nave made hatred and fear of
Jews a world epidemic. In our own
country this Is not so severe as in
Europe; even more dangerous here
is a similar fear and hatred OF
Negroes. This general world wide
incidence Of race hatred bodies Ill
for the future. Our hope lies in
the fact that these epidemics Of
mental disease can be prevented, as
epidemics Of typhoid and smallpox
have been prevented. Whether they
can be utterly eliminated is more
serious question. They can be con-