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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-01-20
DECREE AFFECTS
LOCAL SHIPYARD

RICHMOND, Va, Jan. 19.-lRE
A consent decree was entered in
the Fourth United States Circuit
Court of Appeals today enforcing
a National Labor Relations Board
order enjoining the North Caro-
lima Shipbuilding company of Will
mington, N. c., from interfering
with all labor activities of its en-
p1oyes and requiring the firm to
reinstate eight former employees.
The North Carolina firm, a di-
vision of the Newport News Wa.>
Shipbuilding and Drydock Corpor-
alton, was ordered to cease dis
coura ging membership of the work
ers in the industrial union of ma
rine and shipbuilding workers Of
America (CIO) Or any other labor
or ani z alton, discriminating
against any members of the union,
dominating or interfering with the
administration of the Cape Fear,
N. c., Shipbuilders Association,
Inc, and to refuse recognition of
the Cape Fear organization as a
representative of its workers for
the purpose of dealing with grew
ances.
In an election held last Septem-
Der by the NLRB majority of the
workers at the North Carolina
Shipbuilding firm voted against
membership in any labor group.
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ROME IS CUTOFF
FROM THE NORTH

A u. S. 18TH AIR FORCE
BOMBER STATION IN ITALY
Jan. 19.-CR-American bombers
have cut all the railways carrying
the bulk of supplies into Rome
from the north, air force experts
said today after examining rec
ornaissance photographs OF the
area.
OF the three major lines down
the Italian peninsula, only one is
open at present This is the east
coast line from Ancona to Pes
cara, which supplies the Germans
opposing the British Eighth Army.
Recent raids have at least tenn
porarily blocked the others and
the effects of these disastrous
bombings will be more acutely
felt by the Germans when supplies
now being used are exhausted,
experts said. Supplies still may be
brought in, however, via bomb
SCARED highways. j..
Gondon reported a Rome ra-
dio broadcast saying that the cap
itaPs waterworks were destroy
ed' in an Allied air attack today
on the outskirts Of the city. Resi-
dents were urged to use water
sparingly.)
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9TH TERM TALK
GROWING LOUDER

WASHINGTON, Jan. 19.-R-
The first Democratic National Con.
vention delegates will not be Sc.
lected for nearly two months, but
checkup today shows prelirni-
nary steps already have been TAX
en- looking to the pledging of 236
of the 1,176 delegates to a fourth
term for President Roosevelt
A majority, or $50 delegate
votes, will be required to nomi-
nate.
No word from the President is
expected before convention time as
to whether he would accept an
other nomination.
Meanwhile plans were laid for
Saturdays meeting of the party's
national committee to name new
chairman and select a convention
time and place. Vice President
Wallace was added to the speak
ers' list for the jackson Day rally
Saturday night.
Wallace, whom many party lead
ers want to displace as the Presi-
dents running mate this year, was
roundly cheered here Monday at
a meeting of Southern governors
after he had expressed sympathy
for their long registered COM
Continued on Page Three; Col. s.
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ACL Is Held At Fault
For The Wreck Near Buie
Ice Says 1t Gould Have Been Prevented'-
Over Seventy Persons Were K

WASHINGTON, Jan. 19.-R-
The train wreck on the Atlantic
Coast Line railroad near Buie, N.
c. December 16, 1913, which re-
suited in 70 deaths could have
been prevented" the Interstate
Commerce Commission asserted
today.
Failure to provide adequate pro-
lection for derailed cars which
fouled an adjacent track caused
the accident, the Commission said.
A north bound passenger train
travelling at 80 miles per hour
rammed into derailed cars of a
south bound passenger. Many of
the victims were armed forces per-
sonnet. The accident resulted in
injury to 1877 persons, including 100
passengers.
The Commission said operating
rules of the railroad provide that
when a train is stopped suddenly
and the cause is not definitely
known, adjacent tracks that might
be obstructed must be protected
at once in both directions.
1t added members of the crew
OF the derailed train understood
these requirements. and period
OF about 40 minutes elapse be-
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Assault Day Set
Again By Naziis.

LONDON, Jan. 18.-(R- An
Allied invasion of Europe with
in 80 days was predicted today
by German Propaganda Mini
ster Paul Joseph Goebbels in
his weekly newspaper, Das
Reich. s.
Much speculation in Wash
ington and london on the grand
assault is just a part Of the
war Of nerves, Goebbels said,
. but he added: i =. =
'"The German command
would be irresponsible in the
highest degree if it failed to
prepare for an invasion just be-
cause it supposes the enemy
to be bluffing.. We definitely
assume an invasion will come.
eve expect it to take place
at any imaginable, time any
where in Europe. For us there
can be no surprise" q.
The article broadcast. by
DNB, German news agency,
was entitled Gin Ninety Days"
and dealt entirely with inva-
sion and the strength of Ger
man defenseS.
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.DAIRYMEN FACING
CRITICAL TIMES
Scott Says Unions Must Be
Kept From N. e. Dairy
Industry

RALEIGH, Jan. 19.-tR-North
Carolina dairymen, large and
small, face critical times ahead
unless producers and distributors
work closer together for the good
of ali, Commissioner of Agricul-
ture W. Kerr Scott told the N. c.
Dairy Products Association today.
Declaring that union No. so Of
the United Mine Workers CUMW)
will sweep into North Carolina and
organize thousands of milk pro-
ducers undenethe union banner if
steps are not taken toward greater
cooperation of the interests and
activities of the dairy industry"
Scott said:
ANY organization by union so
would cause trouble all up and
down the line. To ward off this
threat, we must organize the North
Carolina way; we must continue
to progress under North Carolina
leadership and with North Caro-
lima ideas and ideals"
The equivalent OF II trainloads
of milk are being imported into
the state yearly from Wisconsin,,
Minnesota and other states, Scott
said. He predicted, however, that
this will decrease from year to
year as producers and distributors
move together in your program.
The states dairy industry is a
$45. 0OO,0 enterprise, he said. ut
will grow until it becomes a $780,
900, 600 industry, or second only to
tobacco"
He promised greater state aid
to the industry, asserting that he
would ask the next legislature to
appropriate substantial sum
with which to carry on the mastl-
tbs eradication program now I'M
derway."
Such herd diseases as tubercu-
losis, tick and bangs disease have
been conquered in the state, he
said
Speaking of the future of the in
dustry. Scott decl a r e d that
growth" is the key word for the
dairy business in this area. More
land is available through increased
Continued on Page Eight; Col. y
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WHERE IS BRIGGS,
CAPITAL WONDERS

WASHINGTON, Jan. 49, R =
The whereabouts of George N,
Briggs. confidential aide to Secre-
tary of Interior 1ckes and now
central figure in the Hopkins Let
teri mystery, was also a mystery
tonight.
Ickes, emerging from session
with the Grand Jury investigating
the alleged forged letter, SAID ne
understood Federal authorities hao
tried without success to locate
Briggs and subpoena him to ap-
pear before the jury.
Reporters trying to find Briggs
and get more of his side OF the
story could not locate him. No one
answered at his home and at mid
day the morning paper and the
milk had not been removed from
the front step.
Henry Schweinhaut, assistant to
Attorney General Biddle and Dir
recting the investigation for the
Justice Department, said no SUBJ
poena had ben served on Briggs.
Asked whether the Ickes aide
would be witness before the jury,
he said only that he hoped so.
The case has centered about
Briggs since Senator LANCER (R.-
MD said in the Senate Monday
that Briggs turned over to C. Mel
son Sparks the letter purporting to
be written by Harry Hopkins to DR..
Umpnrey Lee of Southern Method
ist University, Texas, and indicat-
Continued on Page Five; Col. A.
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SENATOR'S REJECT
SUBSIDY MEASURE

WASHINGTON, Jan. 49, Up -
President Roosevelt's domestic leg
islative program suffered another
setback today when the Senate
Banking committee approved bill
which would ban all consumer
food subsidies after June 80.
In so doing, the committee re-
jected the administrations request
for authority to spend 81, 500, 600, 900
this year to hold down retail prices
Of food and turned thumbs down
on one Of the major proposals in
I the Presidents annual message.
The measure approved by the
committee is a two-point bill by
Senator Bankhead DALAI. It
would continue the life of the Com
modify Credit Corporation, which
makes production loans to farm
erS. and ban the use Of food SUBJ
sides after This fiscal year which
ends June 30.
The vote sending the bill to the
Senate floor, where it is certain
10 provoke prolonged debate, was
III to 9. Earlier this session the
committee had disapproved the
Dill, but Senators Taft Of Ohio and
continued on Page Three; Col. IL
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Morgenthau Says Refusal To Pay
Their Taxes Smacks OfDisloyalty

WASHINGTON, Jan. 19.-tRE
Secretary Morgenthau, taking note
of woman industrialist's call for
business to follow her example in
putting aside postwar reserves out
of tax money, said tonight that
ito advise citizens to refuse to
pay taxes-particularly in time of
war-smacks of disloyalty.'
"Such an attempt" the Treasury
head added, IFS especially un-
worthy of persons profiting from
war contracts"
Morgenthau made no direct ref
erence to Miss Vivien Kellems of
Westport, Conn.,, or her address to
a civic group in Kansas City yes
terday in which she said she had
not paid her December IS income
tax installment and urged that 9TH
ers in business follow her exam
pie. She asserted present tax rates
are unconstitutional and confisca-
tory.
In statement, which he said
he issued lin response to inquiries
from the press, Morgenthau de-
clared: NJ.
Most Americans are proud to
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pay their taxes to. help win the
war. The Treasury, which deals
with millions and millions of tax
payers, has constant evidence OF
this patriotic spirit.
"As it should be in a democ-
racy, taxes are levied by Con-
gress elected by the people. We in
the Treasury are charged by law
with collecting these taxes, and we
must fulfill that duty.
Anyone or everyone has a right
to advocate changes in the law by
due legislative process.
However, to advise citizens to
refuse to pay taxes-particularly
in time of war-smacks of dis
loyalty.
''Such an attitude is especially
unworthy of persons profitting
from war contracts
Earlier, the Internal Revenue
Bureau served notice that it is go
ing TO collect the Dec. Is income
taxes from Miss Kellems, while
Rep. Coffee D.-Wash.) advocated
Continued on Page Three; Col. -
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BRITISH EFFECT
3 BRIDGE HEADS
Quiet Italian Front Slowly
Comes To Life After

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, Al
giers, Jan. 49, -(RELoosing a
strong new offensive along the
ancient Appian Way to Rome, Brit
ish troops have smashed across
the lower Carl gliano River and es-
tablished bridgeheads at three
points in the face, of furious Ger
man resistance. Allied headquar-
tiers announced todav as American
artillery rained shells into Casino
preparatory to an assault. on that
Nazi stronghold.
Latest reports said the British
were holding firmly to their foot
holds on the western bank OF the
Garigliano despite repeated Nazi
counter-attacks supported by tanks
and heavy artillery fire.
An official German broadcast
heard here said the Fifth Army
had launched several divisions"
against Nazi positions east of the
Gulf OF Gaeta. and that fighting
is in full swing The Garigliano
empties into the Gulf of Gaeta 30
miles southeast of Rome.
This was the first important ac-
ton in the coastal area of the
Fifth Army front since 1t. Gen.
Mark W. Clark's forces reached
the eastern bank Of the Garigliano
over two months ago. At that time
the winding stream was swollen
and shortly after broke its banks
sor width of a mile, but it since
has receded.
Three British assault forces
struck in darkness early Monday
night and met a curtain of fire
from the strongly entrenched enc
my. The right wing fought its way
across the river near the village
of Suto, seven miles inland from
the coast, where it still was locked
in hard combat.
A second force hit at a point
about four miles from the sea,
Continued on Page Three; Col. A.
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ENJOYS WORRIED
BY PEACE RUM0R
Russians, Officially, Con-
tinue To Remain.
:. Silent

Z MOSCOW. Jan. 19-iR-British
and American diplomats in Mos
COW showed fresh concern today
over the latest turn Of events in
the case of Pravda's peace rumor
story, and the Russians remained
officially silent. =
The Soviet press gave the Rus
sian prople news of the British
foreign office denial of the rurnor
that the British had been discuss
ing peace with German Foreign
Minister Won Ribbentrop, but it
carried only a brief news dispatch
on the denial and it made no COM
ment, editorial or otherwise.
Failure to publish the text of the
British denial gave some worry to
British authorities there. They felt
that it would have been better II
the Russian press had printed the
text of the denial. rather than the
item they did carry: A one para.
graph story from Tass, the official
Russian agency, quoting the Brit
ish agency Reuters.
British circles hoped for official
acceptance of their foreign office
explanation. While none has been
made public, it is not impossible
that one has been given officially,
but from the best information this
is not the case. ..-
At the same time the Soviet
press printed the story from Lon
don quoting the Ankara cor
respondent of the Sunday Times
of London as saying that While 1t
was true that the German am
bassador to Turkey. Franz Won
Papen, had not made peace pro
posals, it was not true that peace
had not been made re-
Gently by the Germans.
Publication of this story put the
question right back where it was
when Pravda printed the original
story-it is again the biggest topic
in town and it has every Muscovite
his head and discussing
it.
The Sunday Times dispatch was
printed along with the British for
Continued OH Page Five; Col. -
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THREE JAPANESE
SHIPS ARE SUNK

WASHINGTON, Jan. 49, LAP -
American planes, striking west
ward into the Japanese-held Caro-
line islands, have attacked Kusaie
island, an air base midway be
tween Tarawa and Truk, major
Japanese base in that area.
In the first attack reaching as
close to the big base as Truk, the
Navy said. Navy planes struck ir
daylight on, January II, dumping
their bombs on enemy shore faclll'
ties at Kusaie.
AT the same time. Army Ali
Force bombers sped up to Mill
atoll in the Marshall island to score
hits on storage facilities and the
air field there. -
The announcement gave no indl.
cation of whether opposition was
encountered, but it presumably
was weak in both raids. 'All Of
our planes returned safely from
both operations, the Navy said
ADVANCED ALLIED HEAD.
QUARTERS, New Guinea, Thurs
day, Jan R-Through more
than 100 Japanese planes and a
heavy curtain of anti-aircraft fire,
torpedo and dive bombers bounced
on IL Japanese merchant ships al
Rabaul Monday, hitting eight, def
initely sinking three and probably
getting two others. ~. 4.
During the big New Britain raid
announced today by Gen. Douglas
MacArthur's headquarters, at Least
18 and probably 80 enemy inter.
ceptors were downed. The loss Of
IL. raiders was acknowledged.
The bornbers, flying from Solo
mons bases, went in at Rabaul
on the Eth raid there this month
at pm. Monday to find eight
ships anchored on the west side
of Simpson Harbor and four more
in Keravia bay few miles south.
Three Nipponese destroyers were
circling the bay.
Barges set up at the. mouth Of
the bay with anti-aircraft guns
were used after the manner the
Germans use flax ships in the
English channel. :.
The japanese sent up more in
terceptors than they had done in
other. recent raids and a fierce air
fight ensued with the slightly out.
numbered Corsairs, Hellcats and
Lightnings.
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YOUTH IS GIVEN
LIGHT SENTENCE
Judge Stevens Says judy
ing Is Almost A Cody
Act

Before passing judgement on
George W. Gore, 17-year old ship.
yard worker, who pleaded guilty
to the charge of manslaughter, re-
sulting in the accidental death of
N. w. Pentz in ali automobile
wreck at Third and Greenfield.
Judge Henry L. Stevens, Jr., of
Warsaw, said that Judging is al
most Cody act, and sometimes
1t is a hard thing to decide the
right thing to do
Judge Stevens stated that if
Cores character is any good at
all, it should help him in the fu-
ture. He made it understood that
according to the law. he could send
the youth to the penitentiary and
allow him to associate with con-
victs and come out at the expira-
ton Of his sentence Equipped to
do big business in crime" After
an association with hard crimi-
mails" he could return to society
a master of criminal arts,'' said
the judge.
A suspended sentence of IL
months was given the boy, and
he was placed on probation for a
period of five years, under pro-
visions set forth by the court.
Gore was prohibited from driv-
ing any vehicle, with the exception
of farm tractor, until he be-
comes 81 years old. The defendant
was also ordered to pay a monthly
restitution of $50 plus $3.50 derived
from the sale of his car, to the
Pentz family, who said that they
did not want any drastic punish
ment given the youth. Restitution
is to continue until September,
when Gore will become of draft
age.
Counsel for the defendant asked
that the judge set the amount at
$40 every two weeks, so that he
would realize as he grows older
the seriousness of the crime, and
that half of what he made at the
shipyard was being set aside to
aid the Pentz family. since their
income had been cut as result
of the death of their son.
To show the court the boys ir-
responsibility and wouthfulness the
defendants counsel asked his aunt
to stand among the spectators in
the courtroom and state his re-
quests when they visited Gore in
CONTINUED on Page Three; Col. -
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Shortage Of Straight
/. Pins Worries Local
Polio Drive Chairman

CHAPEL HILL, Jan. 10. -
Anyone know where you can
md straight pins-except in
Chapel Hill?
Mrs. Phillips Russell, Assist
ant to DR.. Ralph Mcdonald in
Els work as chairman of the
state Infantile Paralysis Cam
paign, gets many requests for
information, and none of them
seem to floor her. Not even a
request for 5000 straight pins.
Rev. James McQuere Of Will
mIngton, chairman of the CAM
paign in New Hanover Coun-
W, went ahead with plans ener-
setically and had lapel tags
Tor street sales printed rather
IMAM request State headquar-
ters to send them to him.
But what stumped the Rev.
erend McQuere was straight
pms for ladies who have no
iapels. Hopefully, he wrote Mrs.
russell and requested 5000
pms - or information as to
where to obtain them.
Mrs. Russell c0mbed Chapel
NH and found a place where
saey could be bought for
s]'9S pound. The merchant
mad no idea how many pins
were in a pound, but he assur-
ca her there were more than
5000.
Dutifully, Mrs. Russell pass
ed the information on to the
reverend McQuere who will
probably like to have her shop
for him.
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House Passes
Mustering0ut
Pay Measure
$500 AFTER 60 DAYS
Bill Passed By Record Vote
Of 387 to 0 Us Sent
To Senate

WASHINGTON, Jan. 19.-tR-
Turning down all major amend-
ments-one a proposal for pay
ments as high as 81, 120-the House
passed and sent to the Senate to-
day legislation providing muster
ing-out pay of $500 for all men
and women discharged from the
armed forces after go or more
days of honorable service.
The bill, passed by record vote
of 387 to 0. amends Senate meas
ure passed just before Christmas
calling for sliding scale of must
ering-out pay ringing from 5000
to $500, depending on the length
and place of service.
The House measure carries only
two figures, maximum of $500
for 60 or more days of service and
a minimum of $10O for less than
60 days, regardless of whether the
service was rendered abroad or
in the United States.
Not eligible to receive the pay
mentS are veterans whose base
pay exceeds 5000 a month, those
whose service was performed as
students, those discharged dishon-
orably. and those released at their
own request to obtain private en-
ployment. In the latter group are
most lnductees released after they
became 80 years Of age.
Needing pleas of Chairman May
D-Ky) of the Military Commit
tee not to confuse the measure
with bonus legislation and to be-
mindful of the Impact of the pay
ments on the Treasury, the House
rejected amendments to provide
extended Army pay after dis
charge, to boost the maximum to
flat $500 and an aggregate of
81, 120 including monthly unemploy-
ment benefits, and to make 1ner-
chant seamen eligible for the be1ae-
fits.
May estimated the bill would
cost $500, 900, 600, or about 81, O00,-
600, 600 less than the estimated cost
OF the Senate proposal.
Only two amendments Of any
consequence were added to the
committee bill by the House. .
One, by Representative Hinshaw
(R.-Califo, makes eligible for pay
ments persons received so-called
"blue" discharges, viii CHI are
neither honorable nor dishonorable
but generally are given for I'm
compatibility" The original meas
Continued on Page Five; Col. s.
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People Favor
Labor Draft,
Stirnson Says
SOLDIERS RESENTFUL
'Onlv Congress Needs I'M
pressing' War Secre-
tary Claims

WASHINGTON, Jan. 19.-tR-
Secretary Stimson told a Senate
committee today that men over
seas are bitterly resentful'' Of
strikes at home and the public is
for a national service only
Congress needs lmpressing."
The House Military Committee
Yesterday pigeonholed President
Roosevelt's request for law to
subject civilians to war production
assignments. The Senate's COM
parable committee, despite Slim
sons III a p y-phrased urging
showed little disposition to hurry
decision today. The members
ouizzed the Secretary for three
hours. decided to recall him next
Wednesday and Senator Austin
,R..vt.l said it might be spring
before the committee acts.
stinson told the Senate group
the labor draft bill introduced
more than year ago by Austin
and another Republican, Rep.
Wadsworth of New York, is the
best approach to the idea he has
seen. He pounded in these per-
sonal conclusions as civilian head
Of the Army:
1.-The armed forces think labor
difficulties at home are "trifling'
and the soldiers overseas are bit
terly resentful' of strikes and Ia
Dor unrest.
THE war machine is in dan
ger of missing the 1914 production
goals without a labor draft law be-
cause of manpower shortages. I'm
dersecretary Patterson said these
shortages exist in aircraft, coal
mining, numbering and ball-bear-
ing plants.
8 Sentiment among the peo-
pie doesn't terrify me-" it is Con-
gress which needs impressing."
Stimson said the men in uniform
are demanding that the public at
home bear a burden comparable
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