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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-06
new TAX MEASURE
PASSED BY HOUSE
Bill Is Designed To Relieve
Many TAXPAYERS OF
Computing Forms

WASHINGTON, May s. R -
Spurred by the national outcry
against the intricacy and confu.
sion of wartime taxation, the House
passed unanimously today a bill
designed to relieve some 10000, 00C
of the 100000 taxpayers of the
necessity of computing income tax
returns.
The vote was 1853 to 0, the first
time in the memory of House vet
Grams that tax bill passed without
dissenting voice.
This action shuttled the tax sim
plification legislation to the Senate
where Chairman George O.-Ga.)
of the finance committee predicted
early approval.
The streamliner would:
l. Scrap the two-year old vic
tory tax and get new normal and
surtaX rates and exemptions while
keeping actual tax burdens near
present levels.
2. Change the withholding levy
against wages and salaries-effec-
tive next January Ito deduct cur
rently the full tax liability of per-
sons earning up to S., 00O-thus re-
moving the necessity for 10000, 900
persons to compute formal returns.
3. Of the 100000 who till
would be required to file returns,
10000, 900 Chose earning less than
$1,000 but with income other than
wages and salaries) could use a
simple table showing their entire
tax. The remaining 100000 with
incomes over $4,000, would fill out
a simpler return than the present
long form.
The revised normal and surtaxes
would be applicable for returns
filed next March Is on 1914 income.
Generally the bill would levy a
somewhat larger tax against single
persons and couples without chill
dren, while the load would be light
ened for taxpayers with large fam
lilies.
Chairman Doughton D.-N.C) Of
the House Ways and Means Com
mittee, said "ac far as burdens
90, the measure will not hurt
anybody much, or help anybody
much" He emphasized that Gin
creased withholding is not In
creased tax BURDEN
The withholding system of de-
auctions from pay envelopes and
salary checks was instituted last
year as a part of the pay-as-you-go
| tax legislation. 1t now takes the
approximate tax of persons in the
first income bracket,
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-06
$4,000 Given
Legion Hon.g:
By ShipyZ<''
GOAL NEAR,
Donation Called 8
Contribution" By ro>
Commander

The North Carolina Shipbuildins
company has contributed $1,000 tc
the American Legion toward the
purchase of the Bridgers' home
Commander N. S. Westbrook, Of
Wilmington Post No. 10 American
Legion, announced yesterday.
Commander Westbrook stated
that the Legion had nearly reached
the goal, which is approximately
$45, 600 including the purchase Of
the home, renovation and furnish
ing. The total is now only $1,000
shy.
Splendid Contribution
This splendid contribution is in
keeping with the fine support the
North Carolina Shipbuilding com.
pany has always given to local
drives and interprises", Command.
er Westbrook said, land the peo-
pie of New Hanover county are
proud to have the shipbuilding com.
pany as a part of our community
for they have contributed in no
small way to the building of Will
mington and the county,"
In continuing he said, Il would
like also to take this opportunity
to extend the legion's appreciation
to the N. c. Shipbuilding company
for the wholehearted cooperation
they are giving in the employing
of ex-servicemen of World War
and II. Their spirit in this respect
is more than commendable."
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-06
TO AVERT CONFLICT
Indian Nationalist Leader
Will Be Released From
Detention In India

LONDON, Saturday, May 6 -
REThe British government of
India announced today it had de-
cided on the immediate release of
Mohandas K. Gandhi frail and
ascetic Indian nationalist leader
imprisoned 81 months ago. on the
grounds of failing health.
The death in detention of Gandhi.
leader of millions in long strug-
gle for freedom from British DOM
ination, would have inspired agi-
tators in all parts of India. The
British action today was believed
taken to avert conflict at a time
when the Allies are fighting the
Japanese bitterly on the India =
Burma front.
On Medical Grounds
The announcement said: 'In
view of medical reports of Mr..
Gandhi's health, the government
of India has decided to release
him Internationally. This decision
has been taken solely on medical
grounds. The release takes place
at am. Qndian War Standard
Time) today" (This is $50 pm.
Friday, Eastern War Time)
The 74-year-old Hindu, whose
flair for the theatrical carried him
through nine fasts since 1918. was
imprisoned for the sixth time in
August, 1912, after political activity
which the British regarded as
hampering India's resistance to
Japan. He was confined in the Aga
Khan's ornate palace at Poona
near Bombay.
Reported Weak
Early this April it was ann ounc-
ed Gandhi was suffering from
malaria and was weak, and in the
following weeks he grew worse.
Five days ago he was said to be
improving, and it was announced
no further bulletins would be issu-
ed unless necessary, but two days
later the Bombay government said
his Improvement was not fully
maintained and that a further
examination was being made by
specialists.
The decision to release Gandhi
was made by the Indian govern
ment and the viceroy, Lord Wavell.
and it undoubtedly had the ap-
proval of the British cabinet.
May Not Return
Actually, Gandhi's release
from the Aga Khan's palace.
where his wife died last February.
probably will mean little more
than transfer to a better climate
under doctors care. Where he
would go was not Immediately
known, but London doubted he
would return to his home at Ardha
in the central provinces.
It was believed also that ne
would have little contact if ahy
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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-06
EXPRESS Clerk Discovers
Woman's Body In Trunk

tel 624 South State ST." and an
other bearing a laundry mark.
A pink girdle and brassiere were
the only garments on the body.
Strips of sheeting bound the arms
and a slip held the legs together.
The blood-clotted brown hair was
done up in metal curriers'.
Examination of the body at the
county morgue revealed no exter-
ior wound, DR.. Frank Webb report
ed The autopsy surgeon said a
test for poison would be made,
along with further examination to
determine whether a b ow or
snothering had caused death.
The woman was about 5 feet 3
10 inshes tall, weighed bout 1875
rounds and was 30 to 40 years old,
DR.. Webb added.
pasted inside the lid Of the old
fashioned, Handicapped trunk were
approximately IL pictures, evi.
IDENTIFY clipped from magazines. All
showed a black-haired woman hold
ing an infant in her arms, with a
blond young girl standing beside
her.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-06
Mammoth Pescara Dam In Italy
>>gfC|racked Open In Air Assault;
: British Plan To Release Gandh
WATER RELEASED
German Strongholds Near
Adriatic Coast May Be
Engulfed By.Flood

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, Ma
Piles. May 5.-LP-American and
British dive-bombers in a notable
coup cracked open the huge Pes
cara dam in Italy this afternoon,
releasing great wall OF flood
water which threatened to engulf
German strongholds near the
Adriatic coast and sweep away
bridges vital to Axis military
traffic in that long-stalemated
sector.
American heavy bombers at the
same time blasted Axis rail yards
at Ploesti and Turnu-Severin in
Romania after Raj night bomb
ers had cast blockbuster explo-
sives on the Rakos railyards in
Budapest - one of the bottlenecks
of German supply for the Russian
front.
The U. S. heavyweights also at
tackled Podogorica in Yugoslavia,
site of big German garrison.
American Pilots
Mustang and KittyhaWk fighter
bombers with American pilots in
the vanguard made the attack on
the Pescara dam near Tore di
Passeri, 10 miles up the Pescara
river from the port of the same
name on the Adriatic side of the
Italian peninsula opposite Rome.
The stroke ranked spectacular
ly with the RATS successful at
tack last year on the Moline dam
in Germany.
The Pescara dams iron sluice
gates were ripped apart by under
water explosions from bombs
planted on the upper side Of the
structure in a Commute attack.
Wall Of Water
As the last Allied fier left the
scene a high wall of water follow
ed by five even higher waves al
ready was a mile downstream,
rushing swiftly toward German-oc-
cupied Italian cities and Axis de-
lenses erected opposite the Brit
ish Eighth Army lines in the Orion
sector. 10 miles below the port OF
Pescara.
A bomb from the plane Of Sgt.
Alexander Duguid of Scotland ar-
parently was the first to breach
the dam, and Ken Richards, an
Australian Kittyhawk pilot, saw
his explosives make another break
in the iron walls.
American Mustang pilots made
the first attack and then climbed
to watch succeeding dive-bonh-
ings.
The Pescara dam, part Of a n.y.
droelectric service in the area,
holds a tremendous volume OF
water. In 1884 the Italians at
tempted to release water through
the sluices, with disastrous re-
suits. Water from the dam innun-
dated the port town of Pescara
at an average depth of three feet.
1t took week for the water to
subside.
American Flying Fortresses and
Liberators escorted by Thunder
bolts and Lightnings attacked Tur-
nu-Severin near the Danube Riv-
er's iron gate in Romania and
struck at Ploesti, that country's
oil center, for the sixth time.
Rail yards in Budapest still were
smouldering from a heavy pre-
dawn assault there by Raj Hall
faxes and Wellingtons when the
daylight American bombers swept
across the Balkans. The night be-
fore the Raj had struck Bucha.
rest, Is miles south Of Ploesti.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-06
Rep. Clark Says House Overstepped
Itself In Ordering Ward Inquiry

have been so frequently and so
severly critized here"
Quoting from the powers
of President Roosevelt, as defined
in the declaration of war against
the axis, the Fayetteville congress
man was roundly applauded as he
recalled the solemn hour in
this chamber on the eighth day
of December, 1941.
1--WE were united,' he shouted.
There was present no division and
no partisanship. We adopted a
brief resolution which probably
has not been read since. 1t might
not be hurtful for it to be read
in every home and every business
establishment in America"
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-06
Draft Pool
MayLast Til
The Early Fall.
PLANS BEING MADE
Chances Men Over rs Will
Be Drafted Fading,
Hershey Claims
Nv The Associated Press

chances that men over rs and ir
essential war work will be drafted
faded still further yesterday wher
se1ective Service Director Lewis B
Hershey predicted the pool of draft
eligibles under rs probably will last
until early fall"
selective service h a been max
ing its plans in anticipation that
the under rs group would be pretty
well exhausted by some time in
Calls Not High
Hershey said in an Interview at
Baltimore, however, t h draft
calls during tn last several
months had not been as high as
anticipated and that there had been
fewer reflections among men under
26.
Currently, selective service has
= ban against induction of men 26
and over who are making a con-
tribution to essential agricultural,
war production or transporting
activities
Since this order went into effect
April s, some boards have stopped
Inducing any men over 26, an AS
ISOLATED Press survey showed.
None Being Taken
State directors in Florida, Indi-
ana and Delaware said none were
being indicted, and Rhode Island
draft officials said they did not
expect to call any over rs before
July. New York City draft Off
Gals said no men over 26 had been
indicted there since the April 8
order except for a few volunteers,
and the Nevada state board said
it anticipated none of the older
men would be called in May.
The order does not forbid induc-
ton of men over 26 who are en-
gagged in non essential activities,
and many local boards still are
taking them. The Nebraska state
board, for instance, reported 10 per
cent of calls since April % had
been of men rs or over from nom
essential work.
National Order
Virtually all the state directors
reached in the survey said local
boards under their jurisdiction
were following the national order
to the letter. In many cases, how
ever, they interpreted it as per-
hitting induction of delinquents
and, as in New York City, were &C.
cepting volunteers over 26 without
regard to employment.
While national selective service
officials said they considered the
order flat, nationwide ban on
induction of older men in war-sup-
porting or essential activities, some
boards apparently did not so inter-
pref it.
IN North Dakota, induction OF
men over 26 was stopped from
April 8 to May l but state head
quarters instructed local boards to
resume normal inductions of men
from 10 to 49, on may 1.
Col. Claude c. carp, Missouri
craft director, said men 26 and
over in farm and other essential
occupations were "at the bottom
Of our draft lists and only a very
few were being called.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-06
RY HOWARD SUBTLE
Star-News Washington Bur au

WASHINGTON, May 5 - The
House of Representatives in ap-
proving a resolution to investigate
seizure by the government of the
hicago plant of Montgomery
Ward and Company, was stepping
out of its own province, Repre-
sentative J. Bayard Clark, of
Fayetteville, declared today in a
stirring appeal to his colleagues
to kill the probe.
The investigation, Clark argued,
places the House in the position
of doing the very thing for which
other branches of the government
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A paragraph from the resolution
he quoted as follows: 'To bring
the war to a successful conclusion
all of the resources of the country
are hereby pledged by the Con.
gress of the United States"
'"That language" Clark continu-
ed, 'takes the coat right off my
back if needful in winning the war,
and I have no doubt your feelings
are the same"
Citing what he termed Mont
gomery Wards long record of con-
troversy with labor, he recalled
that President Roosevelt's order
which brought about the seizure
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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-06
PLEA MADE

REYKJAVIK, Iceland, May 5. -
R-A plea for all citizens of Ice
land to vote for the establishment
of Republic in the popular ref
erendum May 1923 was made in
joint declaration today by the
cabinet and all four political par
ties.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-06
Draft Board Number One
Receives Call For Ten
Men For Army Service

City Draft Board No. l receiv-
ed its call yesterday for ten white
men to report to Fort Bragg May
% for Army induction, board Of
flcials announced.
This group of men, ages IL
through Is, had their pre-induc-
ZION examinations April Is, it was
disclosed
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-06
RADIO BILL

WASHINGTON, May S. - Up
Senator White (R-Me) expressed
optimism today that a bill woulo
be reported soon defining the au
thority of the Federal Communl'
cations Commission to regulate
the radio industry.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-06
SABOTAGE HIGH

MADRID, May 5.-[R - Sabo-
tage of German military commu-
nications and munitions plants in
CZecho Slovakia has reached
widespread proportions, in many
cases Gripping troop movements,
said the Prague newspaper, SIS
Protektorats Zeitung.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-06
WARD SEIZURE
PROBE IS VOTED

WASHINGTON, May S -RABy
humping 300 to 60 vote, the
House today authorized an investi-
cation of the governments seizure
Of the labor embattled Mont
gomery Ward plant in Chicago.
A resolution creating seven
man committee to determine
whether President Roosevelt sue
ceded his authority was damned
through with only the staunchest
administration supporters in oppo-
sition.
The Republicans voted solidly
for the inquiry, which will run
concurrently with another by the
Senate already underway. Demo-
cratic lines broke and 118 joined
the COP. in favor of the probe.
Backers of the proposal drafted
by Rep. Dewey (R.-ILL), sharply
criticized the President, the War
Labor Board and Attorney General
Biddle. They commended that the
Ward plant is not a war factory
and that Biddle's ruling in support
of the seizure makes all private
property subject to government &C.
QUESTION.
Administrations countered that
the seizure was sanctioned by the
Smith-Connally anti-strike law.
AS the House voted, a group of
employees of Montgomery Ward S
Springfield, ILL.,, subsidiary, the
Hummer Manufa curing Co., were
off their jobs and said they would
remain idle until the company
signs a contract or the govern
ment takes over the plant" The
plant was not involved in the Chi
cago dispute.
A company spokesman estimat-
ed $50 were involved. The workers
are members of the International
Association of Machinists (AFL).
The plant produces farm equip
ment and war production parts.
Joe Winoski, shop committee
chairman, said the company had
rejected a War Labor Board order
for a four-cent wage increase and
recognition of other union de-
mands.
Tempers flared in the House de-
bate with Chairman SABBATH 3D.
ILL., of the rules committee and
Rep. Cox O-Ga.), ranking major
ity member, involved in one sharp
exchange. SABBATH finally voted for
the resolution, arguing it would
show the company received many
favors" from the government, then
'defied" the commander-in- chief
in wartime. The attendance at the
session was unusually large.
Speaker Rayburn O-Tex- prob
ably will not announce before
Monday the four Democrats and
three Republicans he will appoint
for the investigation.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-06
NEW PLANK ASKED

MIAMI, Fla, May Subtitle
Pan American League urged the
Republican party today to insert
friendly neighbor" plank In
it's election platform.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-06
N. C. Vote

WASHINGTON, May 5.tSpeciaD
The vote of the North Carolina
delegation on a resolution to in.
vestigate the Ward seizure was as
follows: for: Barden, Bulwinkle,
Doughton and Folger. Against:
Burgin, Clark, Cooley and Weav'
err. Absent or not voting: Bonner,
Kerr and Morrison.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-06
National League

National League
Cincinnati at St. Louis postpon-
e6.
Pittsburgh at Chicago tpostpon
eO.
Philadelphia 8; Brooklyn l.
Boston 3; New York 2.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-06
YESTERDAYS RESULTS
American League

American League
st. Louis at Cleveland (postpon-
e0.
Chicago at Detroit, tpostponed)>
New York IL; Boston 7
Washington IL; Philadelphia D.
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FORECAST

NORTH CAROLINA: Fresh winds along
the coast saturday. Partly cloudy and
cooler except showers followsJ az" IN,
clearing and cooler extreme east nor,
ton.
Temperatures yesterday:
High: 77-Low: "a.
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Imperial Valley press., 1944-10-08
Falling Off Of Birth Rote
Alarms British Leaders

land expects every married couple
to do its duty.
The shortage of babies is not new
in Britain, but the wartime relaXa-
ticn of conventions has brought the
subject out from the presumed pri-
vacy of mothers knee into the
breezy open.
The matter has even reached the
dignified ear of the House of Lords,
where the Earl of Dudley an
nounced his firm belief that women
should have one baby year for,
say, five years.
Fecundity, sterility and suctruse
side issues as whether carbon mon
oxide fumes from city automobile
traffic have a bearing on fertility.
are being discussed publicly for the
first time in memory, and are even
being pried into by such official
committees as "the royal commits
sion to examine the facts relating
to present population trends in
Great Britain"
As a corollary to the street cor
ner, bus, and subway discussions on
matter which in Victorian times
Imperial Valley press., 1944-10-08
Gen. Hines Warns
Of Fleet Needs

NEW YORK. Oct. 7. up
America must not scrap her vast
merchant fleet after the war. Briga-
dier General Frank T. Hines warned
Saturday.
The administrator of veterans al
fairs and administrator of refrain
ing and unemployment, in an ad-
dress during his inspection Of the
maritime service training station,
Sheepshead Bay, said that mo post
war conditions will satisfy Amerl-
cans which do not provide full en-
plCyment. and a maximum OF job
opportunities on our home front.
This will require the active CO.
operation of government. industry,
labor and management.
I'VE must never again scrap our
merchant marine and leave its ships
dashed together by the score to rot
in Puget Sound, the Chesapeake Bay
and other remote coves, only to be
iunked and sold as scrap iron
Imperial Valley press., 1944-10-08
Child Prevents
Home Blaze

Mr. and Mrs. Don Johnson still
resided at 476 Len Rey Saturday,
thanks to the quick thinking OF
their six-year- old daughter, Emily.
When Mrs. johnson left the house
to call for her husband, Emily was
left alone. During the mothers abb
sence Emily smelled smoke.
Upon investigating she found that
a wastepaper basket on the back
porch had caught on fire. Unable
to put out the flames herself, she
ran next door to summon help.
BY the time the fire department
arrived a neighbor and Emily prac-
tically had completed the eXtin-
gushing job.
Fire Chief Corn Reed attributed
the cause of the fire to cigarettes
dumped from ashtrayS into the bas-
ket. Damage, he computed, amount
ed to SIS.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-10-08
RAMBLING REPORTER

Continued from Page II
moved into the parcel checking de-
partment.
In a moment a huge sailor leaned
over the desk. He beamed as he
shook a finger at Mrs. Shelby.
Hi. Red" doomed The sailor,
you've sure got pretty red hair.
Mrs. Shelby's face became redder
than any sunset you ever saw.
Say, Red" the sailor went on IN
spite of Mrs. Shelby'S flabbergasted
expression. II sure do like your
hair" 1t was situation requiring
tact but Mrs. Shelby appeared to
be out of it.
Then her eye lit on the news
paper behind which Osborne was
hiding. It was shaking like a leaf.
You get it and so did she. Os-
borne put the big sailor up to it.
Something will have to be done
about these old dogs teaching new
cogs old tricks.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-10-08

I've just seen the gruesome REM
nants of some 2S00 men. wcmen and
children who were shot and then
burned-both living and deadly
the fleeing Nazis on September 10.
I have seen many German atroci-
ties in Russia. But it would take
the talent of Edgar Allen Poe to
picture the horrors of the little
woods near the neat and peaceful
village CT Clooga.
American and British correspond
ents taken to the scene by Soviet
authorities agreed that it was al
most impossible to conceive of hui
man beings psrpetrating sue h
crimes.
What was shown us was the
roasted remains of about 2800
bodies and about 10 others which
the Germans did not have time to
burn. We also met IS survivors of
the massacre