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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-04-14
ZOO PLANES RAID
H0LLANDIA BASE
American Bonn b ers Hit
Targets Within 400
Miles OF Japan
BY LEONARD MILLIMAN
Associated Press War Editor

American bombers, flying within
$50 miles of Japan proper, attack
ed four Kurile islands Wednesday
in their most extensive raids along
the northern road to Tokyo.
On the same day 200 Allied
planes attacking Hollandia, Dutch
New Guinea, on the southern flank
Of the 1000 mile long Pacific thea
ter, shot down eight Japanese in
terceptors, sank cargo ship and
left nine others in flames. The
crumbling enemy base was torn
by 1922 tons of explosives. Three
Allied and three japanese planes
were shot down in raid on We
wax, another battered New Gui-
nea base.
Truk was bombed for the ninth
time this month and PualWat atoll
lying in the eastern Carolines be-
tween the strongholds of Truk and
Palau, was raided by South Pacific
bombers for the first time.
Other developments included
American and Chinese gains in
Burma, and both British and Jap
anese reports of successes IN In
dia.
All planes returned to their Aleu-
ton island bases from the Kuriles.
Adm. Chester w. Nimitz announc-
ed yesterday in reporting the new
sorties. Nine attacks have been
made. this week on the island chain.
Shashikotan, the fifth Kurile is
land to be bombed, was raided for
the first time by Army Liberators-
a third of the way down
the island chat nand the closest
target to Tokyo, was hit by Liber-
stors for the third time in three
lays. Nimitz said Navy Ventures,
oft-bombed Paramushiro
and Shumushu at the northern tip
If the Kuriles, encountered the only
opposition ineffective anti-aircraft
ire.
Japanese troops in India have
almost surrounded the British base
(Continued m page Three. Col q |
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U. S. GETS TOUGH
WITH NEUTRALS

LONDON, April 10. -(P)- The
United States and Britain-acting
in concert before the opening of the
western front to choke off neutral
trade with Germany-called for a
showdown with Sweden tonight on
that nations export of war mate
rails to the Reich.
This further demonstration of a
new ''get tough policy swiftly fol-
lowed protests against increased
chrome shipments from Turkey to
Germany and the seizure by Spain
of Allied oil stocks at Tetuan, Span
ish Morocco.
The economic isolation of Fire
was frightened.
Delivery of the British-Amerlcan
note concerning Swedish trade
with Germany by U. S. Minister
Herschel V. Johnson at Stockholm
thus put the fourth blade in U. S.
Secretary of State Hulls new pro-
gram. It was widely expected to he
followed by a similar representa-
ton to Lisbon on Portuguese wolf.
ram exports to the Reich.
The Swedes recently-renewed
trade pact with the Germans pro-
vided a reduction in iron. steel and
hallbearing deliveries. The Allies
now are exerting pressure for a
maximum shut-off of supplies to
Germany to cripple Hitler's war
machine as the climax of the war
approaches.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-04-14
Bv D. HAROLD OLIVER
Press Staff Writer

A nationwide effort to round up
delegates favorable to Gen. Doug
las Macarthur for the Republican
presidential nomination was dis
closed yesterday after letters from
the Southwest Pacific commander
indicated he is receptive to draft
honors.
The letters to first term COP
Congressman cheered Macarthur
hackers, but supporters of Gov.
Thomas E. Dewey, who has a big
lead in delegate strength over all
other candidates, commented their
publication came too late to do
any good for draft-MacArthur
move.
About the time the letters be-
came public Republican Governor
Edward Martin of Pennsylvania
told a news conference, there
seems to be more sentiment in
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One Of Oldest Fraternal
Groups Will Gather Here

\. wilmington will be host to one
w.. me Oldest and most honored
, nS organizations in the
b nY''d this weekend when mem
NJ Ms OF the North Carolina Society
~ ~ NE Cincinnati convene here
" r laelr annual meeting.
Ad formed by the officers of the
M. aeF'can Revolutionary Army in
dis ss, !103 few months before
e. '4sanoment of the military fore
n s NE organization was ito per-
tt aroaD5 the friendships they had
spr lleo IN the past under pres
~ ,a,e Of a common danger, as
h, tu as to aid each other in the
b.ra ae BY substantial acts of
and js II and to promote
5a+,,cA cherish that union and honor
neca tween the states' so vitality
tSe essSary for the preservation of
pre,a ne" government during the
t,s Vsall IN period Of doubt and dis
'S' The society of the friends
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SHOEMAKER RAPS
LOCAL CAFES
Ration Head Says Places
In City Are "Gouging"
The Public

Wilmingtonians who take theil
meals out, in various restaurant.
and cafes in the city are being
'gouged' to the limit, and the only
way it can be halted is by the
full cooperation of the public.
This is the opinion of o. H. Shoe.
maker. chairman of the New Han
over County War Price and Ra.
tioning Board.
Commenting in an interview
yesterday, Shoemaker called upon
the residents of Wilmington to aid
the Office of Price Administra.
ton in their crack down on eating
places here which insist on con.
tinually "gypping'' the public, Ell
Their by increasing the prices OF
various dishes and meals without
OPA approval or by reducing the
portions which are served.
Shoemaker pointed out one ex-
ample of "gouging:" A restaurant
which before the war-born boom
cut pie into six slices as is
the custom, and sold each for a
dime, is now cutting the same rIs
into eight and ten, and in some
cases. II slices and selling each
for 10 and in a few instances, Is
cents.
"All of the paid workers at the
ration board are doing all they
possibly can to stamp out such
practices, and the voluntary work
ers," of which Shoemaker is one,
''are also helping out all they pos
sibly can, but nothing constructive
can be achieved unless the public
backs us up" he said.
Shoemaker made the following
appeal to the public:
''If you take your meals in res
taurants, or other public eating
places, and you feel you are not
getting your moneys worth, please
report it to the board. Your name
will not be known, except to the
board"
Another example of an attempt
to ''gouge" the public was the
following, given by the chairman:
A restaurant operator requested
the board for permission to in
crease the price of bacon and eggs
by five cents. He told them he
was now getting 40 cents for the
order, but increased "operating''
costs had forced him to request
he increase. The following was
figured at the time OF the request:
The price of two eggs which are
served with the order is at the
most, eight cents: four strips of
(Continued on Page Three: Col. d.
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MISTAKE CAUSES
DEATH OF FOUR
NEW LONDON, Conn, April 10.

NEW LONDON, Conn.,, April 10.
-tR-Boric Acid powder, mistak-
emily substituted for dextrose in a
feeding formula, has caused the
deaths of four babies born to naval
men and their wives in recent
days at the Lawrence and Memo
rial Associated Hospitals, the in
stitution disclosed today.
Six other infants were seriously
ill, at least one of them in an
extremely critical condition, and
II more were under observation.
All of the victims were less than
a week old.
Richard F. Hancock, the hospi-
tai administrator, said in a state
ment that the mistake was made
by young woman pharmacy
school graduate employed in the
hospitals combined pharmacy and
store room. He said she is a
patient at the. hospital today, suf-
fering from a nervous collapse.
The victims were:
Joan Dale Evans, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. James D. Evans of
Groton, born April z and died
Wednesday afternoon. Her father
is a chief torpedoman at the Ma
vy's submarine base in Groton.
Doris Jean Goodman, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Goodman
of Norwich, born April and died
Continued on Page Two; Col. a
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Extension OF
City Limits
kDiscussed
PLANNING BODY MEETS
Estimated Population OF
Proposed Additional Is
Set At $500

The proposal to extend the city
limits was revived here at meet.
Ing Of the City Planning Board with
the Community Council at 8 pm
last night in the Chamber of Com
merce assembly room.
The objective of the meeting was
10 bring before the civic organiza-
tion representatives, for discussion
and reaction, the recommended
boundaries drawn up by a COM
mittee Of the extension of the city
limits.
Those subjects discussed were:
The recommended extension; adj
vantages of living in the city; an
enabling bill; estimated cost of
capital for extension; estimated
annual cost of service and main
enance of the additional areas;
estimated excess income over, ex-
penditures; city and county taxa
ton as it now stands and recon-
mended solution.
The estimated population of the
extended area takes in $500 peo-
pie: 3.8 square miles, 1923 build
ings, total valuation of real and
personal property S., 490, 245, and in
Guides Love Grove, Forest Hills,
Mercer Place, Princess Place,
oIonial Village, Glen Arden, Clean
der. Country Club Pines, Highwood
Park. LongWood, Kenwood, Chest
nut He ghts, BrookWood and Green
brook. There was much controver-
w over placing Sunset Park in the
extension, however, it is believed
that suburban areas should not be
Included in the extension unless
they could be adequately taken care
Ct by the city maintenance. From
this discussion an enabling bill
w2s proposed. Such bill would al
lew the city to institute proceed
ings to extend the city limits it is
deemed qualified are competent to
do 50.
There were numerous advanta-
ses to living within the city limits
Of Wilmington listed. Many of these
advantages cannot be measured dl-
rectly by dollars and cents savings
it was said, but are reflected in in
creased conveniences and facilities
which the city offers.
A tentative final date for the
proposed extension of the city linn
lis east Of the city, Enumerated the
estimated cost of capital improve
meats totaling 1869, I'll; Enumerated
estimated annual cost of services
and maintenance totaling S82, $50.
The estimated total annual income
nom the area, S8S, 451, subtracted
from the estimated total annual
cast of servicing, $82,450, leaves
me estimated income over expend-
lures S1,001.
Mayor Bruce B. Cameron pre-
continued on Page Three; Col. -
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of the Cincinnati was pledged to
"endure as long as they or any OF
their male posterity shall endure. "
George Washington was the
first president of the society
and held the office until his death.
One of the first signers of the
original charter was Major Cen
eral Robert Howe of Brunswick
County, North Carolina.
State societies, auxiliary to the
general society, were formed in
each of the new states which had
comprised the original thirteen
colonies. A branch was also form
ed in France where many of
Continental Army's officers lived.
The name is derived from Cincan-
natius, one of the heroes of early
Rome whose military exploits
were fabulous. Membership is
hereditary. The original constitu-
Continued on Page Three; Col. 81
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Reds Only rs Miles
From KeySevastopol
LARGE PORTS TAKEN
Shattered Nazi And Ro-
manian Forces Herded
Into Southwest

LONDON, Friday, April 14.-H-
The Red army drove within Is
miles of sevastopol today in the
seventh day of a thunderbolt re-
conquest of the Crimea that yes.
terday brought the fall of the big
ports of F'eodosiya and Yevpatori.
va and the capital city of Sim.
feropol and herded the shattered
German and Romanian forces into
the southwest quarte.. of the pen
insula, the Russians announced.
More than 600 other Crimean
towns were taken Thursday by
three speedy Soviet columns. and
great additions were made to a
bag of war prisoners that already
totalled 10000 Wednesday night, a
Soviet communique said. No totals
were given on the enemy dead,
but communicates listed 5000 spe.
officially Wednesday and Thursday
and told of other high but uncount-
ed casualties out of the German
Romanian forces estimated once to
have numbered about 100000.
A late Moscow dispatch said the
Russian troops were speeding with
in Is miles of Sevastopol, chief
prize of the entire campaign, with
out specifying the nearest point,
and said the remaining Axis forces
were in mad flight to Sevastopol
and Yalta in what seemed to be
hopeless effort to escape the So
Wet vengeance.
Premier Marshal Stain himself
announced the capture of Feodosi-
va, Yevpatoriya and Simferopol in
three successive orders of the day,
issued within two hours last night.
On the other far-flung Russian
battle sectors there was a COM
parative pause except southwest of
Odessa, where the Russians an
nounced capture of Ovidiopol and
drove the Germans across the
broad Dnestr Estuary.
Some remnants of the routed en-
envy remained on the east bank
under a ceaseless fire, the Soviet
communicate said, while those who
had crossed to Cetatea-Alba ak
kerman and Bugaz were being
bombed day and night. Soviet
planes blew up two trains and
wrecked 100 trucks on the west
bank and sank several launches
and pontoon bridges as the Ger
mans fled across the estuary, Mos
cows account said.
Booty listed at Simferopol includ-
ed ten trainloads of arms and mu-
nitions.
Yevpatoriya, big west-Crimean
port, fell similarly, in the dark
hours Thursday morning, with at
least 1000 Axis troops declared
slain there, and 70 cannon among
the loot.
On the east, as the maritime
army smashed into Feodosiya, So
Wet guerrillas broke into the town
of Krim, II miles farther west and
cut off the Germans and Romani-
ans who had just fled there from
Feodosiya, the Russians said.
The Soviet columns still are NOV
ing rapidly forward, it added,
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AIR ARMADAS HIT
GERMAN TARGETS

LONDON, Friday, April IA. Up
Great American air armadas to-
falling nearly 5000 bombers and
fighters from bases in both Britain
and Italy smashed at the Axis by
daylight yesterday and they had
scarcely quit the skies before the
Raj sent out another powerful
force of heavy bombeds to carry
on the historic nonstop bombing
of Europe.
The big British Lancasters and
Halifaxes crossed the east coast
during the night in a steady pro-
cession. These heavyweights were
preceded by smaller Raj groups
which headed toward the Reich
even while some American units
still were returning.
The U. S. daylight operations, in
which record number of LOO
Britain-based fighters engaged, in
addition to Fortresses and Liber-
ators of the Eighth Air Force in
Britain and the 18th Air Force in
Italy, were directed at aircraft and
Industrial centers deep in south
western Germany and in Hungary.
Between 500 and $50 heavy bonn
bers from Britain plastered air
craft plants at Augsburg and Ober-
pfoffenhofen, air force installations
at Lechfeld and the big ball bear
ing works at SchWeinfurt-all in
Germany - while another strong
force of perhap S 500 big bombers
from Italian bases smashed Mes
serschmitt factory at Gyor. about
70 miles northwest Of Budapest
The Italy-based 18th Air Force
bombers also attacked railway car
shops and machine shops adjacent
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ready been starte..

ready been starte~ $ j
of the cities along tn I'D
preliminary contacts hav. ,wn
that facilities will be available in
New York City, for example, at
both the field LA Guardia Field,
Long Island and downtown. La
Guardia Field will be used by us
in New York, and plans are pro.
crossing rapidly in connection with
obtaining the necessary ground
equipment, and no delay is expect
ed on that score" the NAL presi.
dent said in a statement issued
through Macdonald Bryan, NAL
public relations director.
The Civil Aeronautics Board has
granted NAL permission for an ex.
tension of its service from Miami
and Jacksonville to New York.
with stops in Savannah, Charles
ton. Wilmington, Norfolk, and Phil
adelphia.
Mr.. Baker estimates that about
500 new employees will be required
to start this service. Many of the
key personnel needed will be chos-
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Macarthur Is Receptive
To A Republican Draft

Pennsylvania at the present timr
for Dewey than any other dis
cussed candidate''
The Keystone state, with 70 del
egates, has the second largest del
egation in the national convention.
Dewey already has been tentative
ly promised all but one of New
York's 95-man delegation. the larg-
est.
Martin added there also is
much sentiment" in Pennsylvania
for Gov. John w. Bricker of Ohio.
Gen. Macarthur and Lieut.. Com
mander Harold E. Stassen. The
state will elect an INSTRUCTED del
egation in an April Is primary.
but Martin announced a meeting
of the delegates for May 10 to
discuss candidates.
A New York organization-Mac-
Arthur national associates-an-
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Oreek King Directs
His Navy Minister
To Form New Cabinet

VAlRO, April 13.- Up king
george II of Greece has directed
"pnocles Venizelos TO form a new
Vaolnet, it was announced tonight.
Yenlzelos, who has been minis
,gI Of navy, was recommended as
Ie new leader of the government
W Emmanuele Tsouderos when
ae latter resigned as premier
April 3.
W. ho5"ev2r, the king did not i'm
,saeSWaNely approve tn erecommen-
We Ta'ioll and Independent efforts by
w. ts'AzeloS to form a cabinet be-
we W. the monarch returned from
London were unsuccessful.
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FORECAST

NORTH CAROLINA: FRIDAY n,rt,,,
cloudy and warmer,
temperatures yesterday.
High: 75-Low: As.
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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-24
Pathfinder In Commerce

When the present world disturbance ha.
passed and the peoples of the earth turn t.
peace and trade, it will be found that Whining
toms greatest asset, the means by which il
may reach greatest security and prosperity
is its por;.
This war has raised North Carolina to un
precented levels in industrial production anc
development of natural resources. This ad
vancement cannot be abanodned not only
because the S ate itself will need the revenus
obtanable from its products, but because a
world impoverished by war will require them
for recovery and rehabilitation.
There must be an outlet for them. They
mus have easy access to foreign markets
This outlet, as any reference to a map of the
s'ate's coastline will show, is through Whining
ton and to a growing degree through More
head City. These ports are capable of &C
commodating the states entire production for
export and considerable portion OF the out
put of neighbor states.
With aggressive effort by shippers and the
cooperation of rail lines and other transport
mediums Wilmington and Morehead City can
become bustling and prosperous ports with
the reopening of the sea lanes for commercial
shipping.
Because this city's main chance centers in
its port, and also because the time has ar.
rived for the drafting Of postwar programs. il
is gratifying to know that already ten ships
are operating out of Wilmington. paving the
way for great shipping industry TO link the
port with foreign markets. The North Carolina
Navigation Company is even now loading car
goes under direction Of William G. Broadfoot
as operating director for the War Shipping
Administration This project is closely affliat-
ed with the North Atlantic Steamship Lines
of Savannah an old well established COM
pany whose ships have been turned over to
the War Shipping Administration for the dura-
ton.
The operation of ships out of this port even
while the war is in progress is the foundation
upon which we may build our postwar COM
MERGE There is no way of foreseeing how
great the shipping from Wilmington may be-
come as result of this project but it is
certain that with such additions to port facili-
ties and terminals as the increase in trade
will require, the volume OF Wilnington's com
merce will be capable of tremendous expan.
sion.
AS it grows the city will enjoy increasing
prosperity.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-24
The Logical Course

When the founders of our country established
Constitutional form of government, they
sought a system of checks and balances which
would prevent usurpation Of political power.
The executive, legislative, and judicial branch
es were made independent of each other.
Our country has twice during the past
decade witnessed the wisdom of the founding
fathers 1t has seen the legislative branch Of
government reject bill urged by the execu.
tive branch to dominate the judicial branch,
when the phrase, mine old men," was coined
to discredit the U. S. Supreme Court. 1t has
now witnessed an attempt by the executive
branch of government to discredit the legis'
lative branch itself, by referring to its recent
tax action as measure to relieve the greedy
and impoverish the needy"
If the latest tax bill passed by the Congress
is insufficient to meet the needs Of the nation,
the executive branch of government should
go to Congress with an intelligently worked
out, non-partisan plan for additional wartime
taxes, instead of using language toward Con.
gress intended to shake public confidence in
that body.
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Signs Of Spring

Boy Scouts in New York state hied them
forth to find the first signs of spring. They
first had to dig through four inches Of snow,
but being Scouts and energetic, they did not
mind that And they found not crocuses
Ou' garter snake and toad. It is faithfully
reported that these were sufficient to prove
the arrival Of spring. So be it.
mere we are not so much concerned with
'he nrst appearance of the signs Of spring
as we are with their remaining. We have not
iofso''en that last year farmers were cruelty
deceived and had to plant their crops three
times because the signs were DESTROYED bv
recurrant cold snaps
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Fig Tree Rubber

Among shortages created by this war, rub.
The United States has made some progress
with its synthetic rubber industry. But this
product does not equal natural rubber which
in prewar times was chiefly imported from
the southwest Pacific And whenther the syn
thetic rubber industry will be encouraged after
the war, or lose federal support until it can
be made self.sustaining is still moot ques.
ton.
A good deal of private American capital
has gone into experiments in growing rubber
trees in South America, but they have not
been sufficiently successful to assure stable
supply in ample quantities to meet normal
demands
Now Australia offers what may be partial
solution of the rubber problem 1t is revealed
by the National Geographic Society that
Australian wild fig trees contain an appreci-
able amount of rubber hydrocarbon. If they
can be successfully tapped for their milky
Juice, a new source Of natural rubber will be.
come available
Rooted in Australias scrub lands and
jungles are more than sixty native varieties
Of fig trees. Most of these grow near the
eastern edge Of the continent, but some thrive
in the northern territory. Only one variety
has appeared in the deserts Of the west.
For city jewellers fig trees serve as orna