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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-12
JAP DESTROYER
LEFT in FLAMES
By The Associated Press

American air forces continued
their methodical destruction of
japanese warships off Anew Ire
land, of planes at Rabaul and COM
in the Madang area OF
New Guinea, probable next target
of Allied invasion forces. Gen.
Douglas Macarthur reported to-
day.
Seventeen japanese planes were
knocked out by heavy Liberators,
dive bombers and torpedo planes
sweeping over two of Rabauls air.
dromes. Sixteen of them were shot
down in a running fight with 40
Japanese iaterceptors in which
four American planes were lost.
More than 70 planes have been
destroyed at Rabaul this month.
The raid was the third in a row on
the Wunakanua bomber base and
the Tobera fighter strip.
At Kavieng, New Ireland base
for Japanese warships since Amer
lean bombers made Rabaurs capa-
cious harbor on New Britain unsafe
for them, Japanese destroyer
was left in flames by night patrol
plane. It was the ninth Warship
hit in that area this month.
Allied bombardiers, who have
dropped more than 1000 tons OF
bombs on the Madang area since
New Years Day, used bombs and
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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-12
The Kid Finds 1t Can
Be Very Lonely, Euen
With 2 Armies Nearby

"It's' the loneliness that
gets me"
"The KID an American
fighting boy-told that to Ken
meth L. Dixon OH a hillside In
Italy, between air raids.
cts the loneliness" - it
sounded tunny; Loneliness"
while two armies lay SPRAYED
in the hills and valleys all
around.
But the planes came back
and Dixon found out what "The
KIDD meant.
Even the grass under your
nose looks foreign" Dixon
writes in his column, with
The AEF," today. you're all
alone completely forgotten
a million miles from every
body you know -.
The Story is on the editorial
page today. It is an outstand-
ing example of what Kenneth
L. Dixon is doing to make
folks at home understand this
war.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-12
BY KIRKE L. SIMPSON
associated Press War ANALYST

new threat to an all but trap
peo Nazi host in the lower Ukraine
y developing rapidly with Russian
Nv vance guards already reported
NJ NJ Or Beyond the upper reaches
" me Bug River southeast of
Al.neriaka junction.
hn az mat point the last direct rail
a. A lor the ,Nazis with Poland or
snainany is virtually in sight of
NE 'e' patrols. It lies. less than 20
n rIaeS from any of four or five
P'.s Bug crossings at which the
ro% Ssian5 are striking on an indi-
m raIea 40 mile front. Another 40
daos southwestward, beyond the
r rToined Odessa-Warsaw enemy
nSnaiilnunication route, lies the
Nav lester river-the one-time Rus
qI..i-Rumanian border.
pN oeglns to look as though the
by s1slah southwestward thrust has
IN PASSED NtS Vinnitsa and Zhmerinka
W.S S'rike and cross the Odessa
outfl .%W trunk line and push on to
'''A the Dniester as well as
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-12
FUEL PROBLEMS
BEING STUDIED

RALEIGH. Jan. 11.-tR-A two.
day study of fuel oil and kerosene
problems-called, officials said,
because of 1.-The alarming evidence
that fuel oil and kerosene users
are using their rations at an e.
cessive rate"-was opened here to-
day by Office of Price Admins
tration (OPA officials from WASH
ington, Richmond, Charlotte, Co.
lumbia, S. c., Atlanta and Raleigh.
1.-THE present rationing program
allows no more fuel oil and kero-
sene than last year." Lawrence
C. Vass OF Washington, chief Of
OPA's fuel oil rationing branch,
said, 'yet users are using it at
much more excessive rate
1.-THE Petroleum Administration
for War (PAW) intends to supply
no more kerosene and fuel oil than
the present rations call for and in
no faster deliveries than normal
consumption will demand" he
added.
SOlloQlllCl olS lSlllPtCA W doC
their oil faster because they are
allowed larger stocks. If they do
not hold their consumption down
to the e-of-consumption,
it looks like OPA will have to do
it for them.
1T all depends upon the con-
sumner. We tried to lessen their
troubles by permitting larger de-
liveries at time, and by allowing
more coupons to be valid at the
same time. We hope the consumer
will keep the use of ration-rate-
of-consumption, or we'll be COM
PEELED to change the. method next
time"
The sessions Will continue
through Wednesday afternoon, and
discussions will cover all fuel oil,
kerosene and stove rationing prob
lens.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-12
Continued on Page Two; Col.
TODAY and TOMORROW
By WALTER LIPPMANN

The events of the past month
have brought into sharp focus the
reasons why the resident should
ask Congress to establish the prin-
citple of universal service eand
why Congress should then enact
the Austin-WadsWorth bill.
The decision to invade the Euro
pean continent has been taken.
During the preparation there must
be no interruption of production
and transportation for any reason
whatsoever. The men who will in
wade Europe are entitled to have,
and they must be given, absolute
and unchallenged proof Of the sup
port of the nation No doubt must
be left in the minds Of our enc
mics or in those of our Allies, on
this point.
If the invasion is successful and
the German war is ended this
year. we have still to carry the
Japanese war to victory. There
must be no let-down while the
complicated movements are made
of shifting our forces and our ac-
tivities at home for the concen-
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-12
Do Tide Water Buses
Stop On Third Street
Or Don't They? Hum-m

Opinion was divided Tuesday
night with regard to the status
of the bus company in making
stops on 3rd street on the East
Wilmington bus run.
According to S. B. Gurgani-
Gus, dispatcher in the trans
pOrtation department of the
Tidewater Power Company, the
police department notified the
bus company Tuesday morning
that East Wilmington buses
were to make no stops on 3rd
street between Orange and
Grace streets, by order Of City
Manager A. c. Nichols. Includ-
ed also in the order were re-
ported to have been Queen
City Trailway busses going to
Maffitt Village.
The general superintendent
Of transportation was to con.
fer with City Manager Nichols
on the subject sometime Tues
day, Mr.. Gurganious said.
According to Charles H. Cas-
teen, chief of the City Police
department, the police had re-
ceived no such notification, and
knew nothing about the new
ruling.
No bus stops were being
made on Third street Tuesday
morning or afternoon, how
ever, and the situation awaits
further Qualification.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-12
WILMINGTON AREA
IS AIR MINDED

The Wilmington area is air.
minded and is interested not only
in retaining the airports in use
before the war but in developing
new ones, was the sense OF me
meeting of the North Caroma
Aeronautics commission held
tuesday morning in the City coun-
Gil chamber.
According to Roy Rowe, chair
man of the commission which
was reviewing the attitudes OF
representatives from New Han
over, Fender, Brunswick. and On
slow counties on the subject OF
postwar flying, all in attendance
manifest lively interest in the
building up of North Carolina S
air program.
Participants were particularly
interested in what part, if any,
the state and federal governments
intend to play in aiding munich
paiities with their air problems,
Rowe said, with respect to con-
struction, supervision, and flnanc-
ing.
Out of such hearings as that
held here, will come the final
report of the Aeronautics COM
mission to the next session of the
State legislature, he added. And
this Wilmington session is one OF
the meatiest we have held" he
continued.
Captain Jimmie Pennington OF
the Army airport command, now
in st. Joseph, Mo-, and his brother
Warren K. Pennington of Char
lotte, operators of the Wilmington
airport facilities in pre-War days,
were among the men around the
council table Tuesday. Both of
them expressed keen desire to re-
turn to the city and to aid in the
development of a civilian airport
when the emergency is over.
Senator j. E. L.. Wade welcom-
ed the group and urged them to
work conscientiously for develop
Gent of the entire state air plan.
North Carolina, where aviation
Continued on Page Five; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-12
National Service Measure
Requested By Roosevelt;
.C0ngressn1en Are Stunned
REYNOLDS AGAINST IT
Highly Vocal Bloc Rises
In Congress Against
Proposal

WASHINGTON, Jan. 11-tR-A
highly vocal bloc in Congress rose
up tonight in opposition to Presi-
dent Roosevelt's National Service
Law recommendations and pre-
saged perhaps a rocky road for
the executives program laid down
in his annual message on the State
of the Union.
A number of members reacted
favorably to the 4,000-word mes
sage. For example Rep. Lyndon
B. johnson O.-Tex.) said:
ITO me national service would
reflect the American spirit of one
for all and all for one
But from the opposition-some
of them importantly-placed Dem
ocrats-came declarations that the
service law smacked of dictator
ship and politics. Still others were
cautious and unwilling to be COM
nitted. Most were surprised.
Much of the comment was con-
fined to the service law proposal.
A Republican sponsored measure.
the Austin-W adsworth bill to con-
script civilians for their war as
signments as well as soldiers, has
lain dormant for a year.
Senator Reynold O.-N.C.),
chairman of the senate military
committee which would act on
such a bill, assaulted the proposal
as a measure or. "enslavi;lg the
American people, 1t would pro-
duce 1.-The same thing Hitler and
Stain have" he declared. His col
league, Senator johnson Cd. -Colo.)
sharply criticized it as labor con-
scription'' and while he said he
preferred to "speak only for my
SELF raised question whether ii
would get out of committee. On
the House side. Chairman May
D.-Ky.o SAID he never ''was hot
for it, but his military committee
probably would report out some
kind of a bill Senator Wheeler ID
Mont called the message "a fourth
temr announcement advocating "a
very definite II not final step to-
ward fascism."
Rep. Gearhart CR.-Calif.) also
saw the message as "a campaign
document and Rep. Thomas (R.-
MI styled it 1.-THE Presidents
swan song"
"A fine admission of mistakes
of the past with no remedies, y
was the comment of Rep. Miller
Or. -Neb.).
A number of Republicans said
they favored the national service
ideas but Rep. Andrews of New
York, who put himself in this cate
CORY said he doubted il would go
through.
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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-12
LAWMAKERS CHEER
BALLOT REQUEST
IF. D. RS Call Gets Indivi-
dual Approval; Group
Quiet

WASHINGTON, Jan. IL Up -
President Roosevelt's call for Fed
eral unification of voting machln-
ery for servicemen got individual
cheers in Congress today-and
completely unresponsive commit
tee reception.
The House elections committee
sidestepped a proposal for Fed
eraI ballot and took up Senate
approved measure which would
leave the soldier voting problem
in the laps of the States.
And Representative Rankin d.
Miss.), ardent champion OF States
Rights, offered the prediction that
the committee within the week
will bring out a bill '1eaving the
election machinery il the hands
of the States
"Our soldiers and sailors and
Marines know that the overWhelm-
ing majority of them will be de-
prived of the opportunity to vote,
if the voting machinery is leH ex-
clusively to the States under exist
ing State laws" the President
said in his message to Congress.
Several alleged reasons nave
prevented the enactment of legls-
lation which would preserve for
our soldiers and sailors and Ma
rines the fundamental prerogate OF
citizenship-the right to vote, Mr.
Roosevelt continued.
'.No amount of legallstic. areu-
ment can becloud this issue in the
eyes of these ten million Amer.
can citizens. Surely the signers OF
the Constitution did not intend
document which, even IN war
time, would be continued t. FaEf
away the franchise of any of those
who are fighting to preserve the
constitution ITSELF
Echoing the Presidents thoughts,
Speaker Rayburn told a press con-
ference that Congress should have
the courage and willingness" to
adopt a bill that will make soldier
voting possibility.
And a Southern Democrat, Rep
resentative John Flanagan, of Vir-
ginia, took the House floor to de-
nounce those who are invoking the
question of Constitutionality.
Asserting the Constitution had
been used 10 justify many things,
the Virginian asserted that "the
greatest act of infamy to be COM
Continued on Page Three; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-12
Priorities
81, Pipeline
!; "A Are Assured
CERTIFICATES READY
Type OF Material To Be
Used Is Not Yet De-
termined

The pipeline to Kings Bluff and
a reputedly unfailing source OF
fresh water for Wilmington appear
ed to be a formal assurance Tues
Gay morning.
City Attorney William B. Camp
bell announced that officials of the
Federal Works Agency in Rich
mond had disclosed in a telephone
conversation that the certificate of
priorities for the long-sought prof.
ect had been received in that Of
flee from the War Production
Board, Washington.
Whether the last links of the
pipeline will be of cast-iron orzof
reinforced concrete-the material
used thus far-is not yet determin-
ed. According to FWA, the mate
rial to be utilized for the final
miles will depend upon the avail
ability of steel or lack of it which
is necessary in the concrete links.
FWA Regional Director Kenneth
Maxwell, through an assistant,
advised the Star News Monday
night that WPB had indicated a
willingness to grant priority rat
ings for the critical supplies pro-
vided, if necessary, cast-iron can
be substituted for the section OF
the line from Green's Ferry to
Kings Bluff approximately six
miles.
Elaboration on the statement
Tuesday morning revealed that the
substitution may not be required.
The consensus of city officials
seemed to be that either material
was satisfactory. The original stlp-
ulation called for cast-iron.
If this is the last word on the
project, as city officials believe,
it will be the consummation OF a
fight for the extended line that
mas been in progress ever since
WPB ruled that the line would
have to stop at Hoods creek -
where engineers say fresh waite
cannot be a permanent guarantee.
The turning off point to Hoods
creek was attained several weeks
ago in the construction project,
and officials have waited, and
fought. for the WPB answer that
Continued on Page Three; Col. g.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-12

fensive. German troops defending
the communications ce n ter 70
miles from Rome were fighting
desperately but unsuccessfully to
hlod back 1t. Gen. Mark W..
C1ark's men and armor.
American infantry stormed Mt.
Di Piperia, about 1,50O yards from
the village of Cervaro, four miles
east of Casino, and today were
pushing down into the strong de-
lenses of Cervaro itself. Other
Yank troops, slugging their way
up the Via Casilina from the cap
tured village of San Vittore,
threatened Nazi defenses on Mt.
Rocchia, less than three miles
from Casino.
CA German war correspondent,
broadcasting over the Nazi radio,
announced that the Allied Fifth
Army had launched major
drive on Rome possibly indicat-
ing that General Clark has thrown
in heavy reserves of infantry and
tanks for the final assault on Cas-
sino.)
Closing in from the southeast
and south, British troops advanced
Continued on Page Two; Col. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-12

trated campaign in the Pacific.
This transition will not be easy:
it should be backed up by a uni
versal service law which puts all
civilians under the obligation not
to quit when the war is only half
won.
If the invasion is not successful,
we may be in for a gruelling strug-
gle in which a high degree Of
national discipline will be particu-
larly necessary.
Strikes and the threats of strikes
are not the only impediments to
the full and swift prosecution of
the war. Congress has been the
scene of a struggle by pressure
groups and special interests to
break down the control of war in
flation, to undermine the control
of war profits, and to prevent the
imposition of adequate war taxes.
All these things combined, the
strikes and the legislative raids.
are due to a double standard Of
morals-a different standard for
Continued on Page Three; Col. A.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-12
GERMANY POUNDED
BY U. S. B0MBERS
New Type Fighters Are
Used Over Europe For
All Day Expedition

LONDON. Wednesday, Jan. H..
-tP-Powerful formations of u.
S. Flying Fortresses and Liberator
bombers. escorted by Thunder
bolts, Lightnings and new type
long-range fighters. battled through
stormy weather and terrific Ger
man fighter opposition yesterday
to pound targets deep in Germany.
A special communique from Hit
ler's headquarters which was
not confirmed by Allied sources -
declared that 1913 of the raiders
were shot down. The German In
ternational Information Bureau
stated in broadcast earlier that
80 of the four-engined bombers
were destroyed. A preliminary u.
S. Army communique said the
Americans encountered ''strong
fighter opposition, but made no
mention of either American or
German losses.
Later it was announced that an
other American communique was
expected about 9 a. m. today -
considerably later than communi-
ques have been issued on most
occasions in the past.
the U. S. bulletin said the at
tack was made on northwest
Germany but Germans said the
Americans struck at central Ger
many" Neither identified the spe-
cific detectives.
The Germans admitted the loss
of only nine planes.
A supplementary American bull
letin described the mission as a
three hour running battle in, which
the great armada of bombers was
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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-12
|OUTLINES BROAD PLAN
Says Such A Law Would
Prevent Strikes Dur
ing The War

WASHINGTON, Jan. ill.,
President Roosevelt's / e q u t
gress today with a request for
allowing the drafting Of
men and women for war work
key point in a broad program laid
down in his annual message for
winning the war and winning the
peace.
Saying such a measure would
prevent strikes, Mr.. Roosevelt ex.
pressed conviction that the Ameri.
can people would welcome it and
said it would give our enemies
"demoralizing assurance that we
mean business-that we, 100000,
600 Americans, are on the march
to Rome, Berlin and Tokyo"
There had been reports before.
hand that the President might
make such a request, but the Leg
islators generally had discounted
these and most were taken by sur
prise. Immediate reaction ranged
from the tag labor consumption"
applied by Senator johnson 3D..
COLI through GOODNESS and caution
to warm support, the latter chiefly
from small minority of men,
bers who already had advocated
such law themselves.
There was general applause,
however, at Presidential plea
for national unity, and many adj
ministration followers indicated a
trend on second thought toward
swinging into line behind his re-
quest for a National Service Act.
Chairman May (D.-Ky.) of the
House Military committee, after
first saying he was mot hot for
it." later said he supposed his
committee would report some
kind of national service legisla-
ton" Chairman Reynolds Cd. N.
c. of the Senate. Military Com.
mittee expressed outright opposi.
ton.
Because he still is not fully re.
covered from the effects of grippe,
the President sent his message to
Congress rather than delivering it
Continued on Page Two; Col. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-12
CHICAGO CHOSEN
FOR COP MEETING
Candidate Will Be Picked
At Convention In
June

CHICAGO, Jan. Ii Up Re
publicans will choose their 1914
Presidential candidate in Chicago
the week beginning June rs in
the same stadium where Presi-
dent Roosevelt was nominated for
his first and third terms.
The Republican National Com
mittee made these choices unani-
mouslye.today after Chicago bust
ness men submitted the only mon
ey bid-of $75, 00o---to pay the con-
vention expenses. This was the
lowest offer in years. Other Mid
west cities said they were too
congested and New York extended
an invitation without financial
backing.
Democrats will pick a conven-
ton city and date at meeting
of their national committee in
Washington Jan. %. They also
are expected to accept a bid of
$4,000 from Chicago like that
which Silas ,StraWn, Chicago law
yer, extended today at the COP
meeting on behalf of bipartisan
citizens committee.
Unless most Democrats miss
their guess, President Roosevelt
will be a fourth-tern candidate
running on a program to win
the war; as quickly as possible
and proposing a postwar expand
ed economy and social improve
ment along with American partici.
patton in an international orgai-
cation to keep the peace.
The national committee men,
bers and state chairmen and vice
chairmen here for AZ two-day Re
publican meeting talked mostly
when referring to COP presiden-
tial possibilities - of Dewey, Will.
kie, and Bricker, with many sug'
costing ticket. of Dewey and
Warren.
Gov. John W. Bricker Of Ohio,
has already announced his candi-
dacy. Wendell L. Willkie, the 1910
standard bearer, is expected by
his supporters here to do SO form
ally within the next two weeks.
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey of New
York still insists he is not can
didate, but many committeeman
here from scattered sections of
the country say an effort will be
made to draft" him.
Gov. Earl Warren of California
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-12
POLISH CABINET
HOLDS TWO MEETS
Qualification OF Border
Dispute Believed Near
Settlement

LONDON, Jan. II. Up The
Polish cabinet held two meetings
|teday-conferring with British For,
eign Secretary Anthony Eden in
between-and there were indica-
tons of the approach of some
sort of working agreement between
Russia and Poland SO they might
present unified front against the
Germans.
Another meeting of the cabinet
was slated tomorrow. 1t seemed
likely a statement would be issu-
cd then clarifying Poland's posi-
ton on the latest Moscow propo-
sal in the countries border dis.
pute.
The conference with Eden sug.
gested that Polish leaders prob
ably had reached a decision and
were anxious to learn the British
foreign minister's view before max
ing it public.
Early settlement of the Russian
Polish border dispute appeared to
hinge on the degree to which the
Polish government-in-exile was
willing to reconstitute itself on a
basis friendly to or at least agree
able to Russia.
One general opinion was that
Moscow had opened the door to a
settlement, but that if the Polish
government did not enter, the door
would be shut and the Soviets
would turn their attention to the
ssPolish patriot group formed IN
Russia.
The Soviets have objected to some
members of the exiled Polish gov
eminent, among them the COM
mander-in-chief, Gen. Kazimierz
sosnkowski, and others of the mill
tary organization.
Russia's first concession in the
d:spute-thc offer of modified
"Curzon L.nE" with Poland appar'
emily receiving East Prussia for an
outlet on the Baltic-was viewed
here as an important contribution