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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-12-31
1000 B0MBERS
POUND GERMANY
Blast Rail Yards, Bridges
At Mannheim And Two
Other Cities

LONDON, Dec. 30.-(UP)-Near-
ly 1000 American heavy bombers
and fighters dropped thousands Of
tons of high explosives on rail
yards and bridges at Mannheim,
Kaiserslautern and Kassel today in
the eighth straight day of attacks
on communications Of German ar
mics in Belgium and Luxembourg.
Murky weather hampered the
activity Of lighter Allied planes
along the western front.
Striking through heavy clouds,
more than 1900 U. S. 9th Air Force
Flying Fortress and Liberator
bombers unloaded nearly 5000 tons
of high explosives on six bridges
and six rail yards in western Ger
many between noon and l p. m.
They were escorted by more than
$50 Must ang and Thunderbolt
fighters.
No enemy fighter opposition was
reported. All the bombing was
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LAW TO BACK WAR
LABOR CODE ASKED
Ball Says 1t Should Apply
To Petrillo The Same
As Sewell Avery

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3d. P) -
Senator Ball (R-Minn) declared to-
Gay that there should be a law
to back the government war
time labor policy and that it should
apply to James c. Petrillo tn e
same as Sewell Avery.
The senator supported President
Roosevelt's S atement in Selling
Montgomery Ward stores Thurs
day that what the President called
the firms consistent and willful
Defiance of War Labor Board de-
cisions had threatened employer
worker confidence in the agency S
machinery for settling labor dis
putes. Avery is board chairman
of Ward.
But James C .Petrillo and the
American Federation Of Musicians,
which he heads, also have defied
the board and jeopardized con-
fidence in it, Ball said in a state
ment.
Proposing establishment of a
legal basis for action against I'M
ion Defiance" he added:
IA fundamental principle OF de-
mocracy is that its rules and laws
apply equally to all. l do not be-
lieve that is true at present as re-
CARDS enforcement of WLB direc-
tives.''
Petrillo and the Federation of
Musicians defied WLB in record
ing ban case and in strike Of the
union against radio
station KSTP, the senator said.
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FIGHT CONTINUES
Scobie Charges ELIAS With
Mistreatment OF Brit
ish Prisoners

ATHENS, Dec. 3o.-UP)-An
end to the Greek civil war was
hoped for tonight with appointment
of Archbishop Damaskinos as re-
gent but British and Greek
troops continued their all-out Of
fensive to clear Athens of left
wing ELIAS forces.
The British commander of Al
lied troops in Greece, 1t. Gen.
Ronald M. Scobie, meanwhile,
charged the ELIAS with maltreat-
ing British prisoners in violation
of the Geneva convention.
Prospects of hating the three
week-old war frightened with Da-
maskinos' appointment and re-
ceipt of a moderately worded note
from the ELIAS armed wing of the
Fam (national liberation 'front.'
for delivery to Prime Minister
Churchill, who personally inter
vened to settle the crisis.
Note Published
The EAM newspaper, Free
Greece, published what it called
the text of the note.
There is nothing to justify a
continuation of the fight inasmLch
as the left has accepted the basic
points of General Scobie's memo
randum calling for the ELIAS and
other forces to disband and sur
render their arms) and, with its
moderate suggestions in the po-
litical field, help to a great ex-
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WEATHER
FORECAST

FORECAST
North Carolina: Cloudy with consider
able fog and drizzle Sunday forenoon,
becoming partly cloudy and warmer
in afternoon, showers west portion Sun
day night and east portions Monday
morning, followed by clearing ana cooler
Monday.
eastern Standard Time)
(By U. S. Weather Bureau)
Meteorological data for the "a hours
ending 7:30 pm, yesterday.
Temperature
1870 am, 81; 1880 am, 81; 1870 pm, A.;
7:30 pm, AZ.
Maximum A; Minimum IS; Mean 40;
Normal At.
Humidity
Lao am 100; 1880 am, SO; 1870 pm, 81;
1880 pm. 100.
Precipitation
Total for the "a hours ending 1880 pm,
0.12 inches.
297 inches
Tides For Today
(Frorn the Tide Tables published by
u. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey.
Wilmington OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES 11:08a 5:44a
11:26p 6:22p
Masonboro Inlet ---- 8:53a 2:31a
SLAP 3:10p
Sunrise, 7:18 am: Sunset, 5:13 pm;
Moonrise, 1928 pm; Moonset, 1856 am.
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Instructions For Robot
Bomb Raids Issued Here

and therefore the public should
realize the danger and be con-
stantly on the alert, particularly
along the coastal areas"
Sheriff Jones explained that the
the purpose of alarming civilians
the purpose of alarming civilians
''but for their protection in the
event we should have robot at
tack
In case attacks are made upon
the United States and some bombs
should land in this community
here is what you should do:
/. Air raid signals may not
sound. If the air raid signals do
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ROOSEVELT DRAFTS
ANNUAL MESSAGES
Chief Expected To Confer
With Congressional
Aides Tuesday

WASHINGTON. Dec. 30.-UP)
President Roosevelt today buck
led down to the task of finishing up
his annual state of the union and
budget messages for presentation
to the new 10Th congress which
convenes Wednesday.
He is expected to confere with
his congressional advisors on Tues
day. assuming that they return to
the capital in time. Definite dates
for the congressional program will
be settled at that meeting but best
guesses are that he will send up
his annual message on Thursday
and his budget message either on
Friday Or the following Monday.
Congress will devote Saturday to
counting electoral ballots and de-
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BY JOHN nj. HIGHTOWER

WASHINGTON. Dec. 3d. up -
American officialdom is winding
up 1914 acutely conscious that for
the United States this has been in
many respects the most disappoint-
ing and disillusioning year of the
war.
Unjustified optimism about mill
tary progress led them to believe
when this IL months starts that by
tonight the war in Europe would
be won and the shift of forces to
the Pacific well started.
Now estimates of the date for
victory in Europe run into the fall
or winter of 1915. Optimism has
given way to the conviction that
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A set of instructions to New
Hanover citizens regarding their
conduct in the event of robot or
rocket bomb attacks was released
Yesterday by Sheriff c. David
zones, commander of the county
civilian defense organization.
The protective measures. for
~arded here by R. L. Mcmillan,
state Office of Civilian Defense
director, explain that instructions
previously issued by OCD were
based on the assumption that the
enemy might launch massed air
attacks, in which cas- advance
"arnIn3 would be given.
With ths development of the ro-
rot and docket bombs, however,
"'tls or no warning is possible,
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Steel Workers Receive
Approval Of Pay Boost
Reno Establishes Ne,u
Record For Divorces

RENO. New, -(P)- Dec. 30.
-(P)-RenO's second year Of
wartime divorces hung up q
record breaking all-time high
when its two district. courts
granted 1880 DEGREES.
ElwoOd H. Beemer, WashOe
county clerk, today closed the
divorce books for 1914 with the
total which bettered by more
than a thousand the previous
500 record of 1913.
Beemer said the year pre-
duced its share of the country's
top flight divorce trade but
the greatest number of cou-
pies seeking single status re-
presentedthe wartime indus
trial class, the professions and
military. A new trend was
seen in divorces granted for
eign couples representing
about three per cent Of. the
total.
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FAIL TO CHECK
PATT0N'S PUSH
Americans Are Storming
Rocheforte AT Apex OF
The Enemy's Bulge
BY JAMES F. McGLINCY /
limited Press War Correspondent

United Press war correspondent
PARIS, Sunday, Dec. 81
(UP)-A critical new battle
is raging around Bastogne
where German forces have
launched a two-Way attack
against the U. S. Third army's
corridor through the city but
thus far have failed to stem
1t. Gen. George S. Patton
troops in their drive to cut
off the enemy salient into
Belgium, dispatches said to-
day.
CThe Luxembourg radio, heard
in London, said that the U. S.
First and Third armies had taken
between 10000 and 10000 German
prisoners since the start of the
German offensive on Dec. 16.)
Patton's men were reported in
censored field dispatches to have
smashed five miles northwest OF
Bastogne, narrowing to IL miles
the waist of the enemy salient, al
though a contradictory announce
ment from supreme headquarters
said the width of the gap was
16 miles.
Storming ROchefort
American tanks and the dough-
boys at the same time were re-
ported storming the road center
of Rochefort, at the apex of the
bulge, street by street in an effort
to throw the Germans into COM
plete reverse after knocking back
Panzer spearheads II miles from
the high-Water mark of their drive.
The German attacks from east
and west against the Bastogne
salient were reported mounted in
strong force but Patton's armor
and infantry and previously widen
ed the corridor to nearly eight
miles just south of Bastogne.
Late reports said that the Third
army had entered La Vaselle and
Chenogne, adjoining villages five
miles west and slightly south of
Bastogne. These gains not only
bulWarked the corridor but drove
wedge across the communica-
tons of German troops still trying
to hold their advance penetration
to St. Hubert, Is miles west Of
Bastogne.
The Germans still held a foot
hold on the Arlon-Bastogne high
way leading into the city from the
south but Patton from the incep-
ton of his drive had employed a
parallel secondary road and at
last reports here, SO hours old at
last midnight, the corridor was
still firmly held.
Whether measured from II or
16 miles across, the waist of the
German salient could be interdict-
ed by two-way artillery fire from
Third army troops on the south and
the First army on the north. Such
Smelling of roads within the salient
already has "most likely been
undertaken, it was said in author.
itative quarters.
Capture Nothum
Late dispatches said that the
Third army had captured Nothum.
2 IL miles southwest of the Lux
embourg center of Witt, in line
Strengthening operations on the
center of its 40-mile front.
German broadcasts asserted
that the Allies had thrown in Is
divisions, with the bulk of their
armor concentrated against the
base of the salient where the First
and Third army, in simultaneous
assaults, were reported trying to
slice off the German bulge.
(Since mid-December, the enemy
broadcasts asserted, the American
have lost more than 100000 men.
fifteen of their divisions, including
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Distributed in connection with
talks on city planning made by j.
Fred Rippy, Jr., secretary to the
City Planning board, the question
naires represent an effort on the
part of the board to determine the
relative Importance of planning
problems in the eyes of the people
of Wilmington for present and fu-
ture growth.
More than 100 questionnaires
gathered in by planning officials
in the past few months were tab
ulated yesterday by Rippy.
Eight specific points were t
forth to be classified by each per-
son as to their Importance to him
Continued on Page Five; Col. A
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1914 Disappointing Year
To Many u. S. Officials.

the Germans really mean to fight
all the way to Berlin.
Perhaps the basic error in mill
tary thinking, Allied as well as
American, has been to underesti-
mate the eneny's determination.
1t was believed that when he was
surrounded and battered by land
and air he would surrender. A
tremendous series of victories east,
south and west, frightened the ring
around Hitler's fortress Europe
but fell so short of breaking Ger
many that the enemy was able to
wind up the year with a western
front offensive which probably
added months to the war.
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Germans Launch Offensive
Against Bastogne Corridor;
Command Shakeup limited
Japs' Losses On Leyte
Boosted To ZIG, no Men

In a "historical resume" Of
the Japanese forces of Yama-
shita's 35th army, destroyed on
Leyte, Macarthur said one d.
vision, the 18th, had partici-
pated in the battle Of Bataan
against him early in the war.
The opposing forces on Leyte
were declared about equal in
number.
Macarthur declared the CAM
paign ended Christmas day
when his troops captured Pal
ompon, the last enemy port Of
escape.
Since then hopping up opera
tions have continued against
remnants of the Japanese
force.
The communique said Japa-
nese planes attacked Min
doro bound American convoy
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BY SPENCER DAVIS

GEN. MacARTHUR'S HEAD
QUARTERS, Philippines, Sum
day, Dec. 31-(R-Gen. Doug
las Macarthur disclosed today,
while new Mindoro-bOund
convoy pressed on under Japa-
nese attack to reinforce his
conquering forces, that the en-
envy had drawn troops from
Manchuria in an effort to stop
him on Leyte island.
The American commanders
communique said Gen. TOmo-
yuki Yamashita had lost in the
futile defense of Leyte four
army divisions and the ele-
ments of two more, besides a
naval brigade and other spe-
ciaI forces.
Total Japanese losses, includ-
ing COL killed in recent mop
ping up operations, reached
116,770, the communique said.
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Evening star., 1944-10-20
cFar|and Arraigned
Given To-Day Delay
To Prepare Defense
Marine Foces Z Murder
Counts in Deoth of
Government Clerk

Pfc. Mcfarland, marine veteran
OF Pacific fighting, pleaded not guilty
today when arraigned on flrst-de-
free murder charges in the Staying
of Dorothy M. Berrum. l8-year-old
Government clerk, In East Potomac
Park October S.
Justice James M. Proctor granted
McFarland's attorney, P. Bateman
Ennis, 10 days in which to prepare
his defense for trial.
Mcfarland, who appeared in Dis.
trict Court today dressed in a dark
blue suit and blue open-neck sport
shirt. said mot guilty" in an almost
inaudible voice when asked how he
pleaded to the three counts of the
indictment against him.
The indictment charged him with
criminally assaulting Miss Berrun
and strangling her. Conviction on
either OF the two first-degree murder
counts would mean q mandatory
death penalty. Conviction on only
the charge of criminal assault would
involve the death penalty if recon-
mended by the jury.
A belt found near Miss Berrum's
body, knife left in a taxi and other
evidence led to McFarland's arrest
the day after the slight Government
clerk from Chippewa Falls, Wis, was
found slain.
Evening star., 1944-10-20
Arlington Troop No. 1O4
Wins lntertroop Honors

Top honors in the intertroop com.
petition held during the annual Ar.
lington Boy Scout projectoree Sat-
urday were won by Troop No. 104
led by Scoutmaster George Atkin-
son, county Scout officials announced
yesterday. Two Eagle awards were
presented at the Court of Honor tt
H. D. Locking, district Scout COM
missioner, and Frederick Leder
Troop No. 104.
Three Life Medals, the second
highest award, went to Erwin Oeller
jr., and Ralph Jackson, both o1
Troop No. 104, and Samuel Jones
Troop No. lit.
Other awards included six Star
badges, which went to John E. Wise
Troop No. 104; Fred Windridge
Troop No. lis; Frank Tansley, Troor
No. ISL; George Burkholder, Troor
No. 116; Thomas Delahanty. Troor
No. 102, and Singleton Kidwell
Troop No. 108. A leadership training
key was presented to Ralph Jackson
ST., committeeman of Troop No. 104
Evening star., 1944-10-20
Assessment Survey
Favored by Candidate

John A. Logan, 24O9 Page terrace
Alexandria, candidate for the at
large seat on the City Council, said
yesterday that if elected November
he will call for an immediate study
of the methods of real estate assess
'ments and prompt action to prevent
losses by home owners.
Mr.. Logan, a contractor. is one
of three candidates for the seat
made vacant by the resignation OF
Eugene Simpson. His opponents
are Robert E. Knight, jr., member
of the firm of r. E. knight e. Sons,
and Frederick L. Flynn, attorney.
Mr. Logan said he will also spon-
sor strict enforcement of the smoke
and SCOT control ordinance and
plans for school Improvement Like
his opponents, he said he would adj
vocate the establishment of a COM
mittee to aid returning veterans.
Previously, Mr.. knight went on
record as favoring improvement of
the school system, establishment of
boys clubs, completion of an ade-
quate sewer system, measures for
the protection of persons and prop
erty and the establishment of a vet
Grams committee.
Mr.. Flynn, who likewise has called
for an improved sewer system and a
uniform system of tax assessments
also has gone on record as favoring
representation of mothers on the
School Board, an improved health
program, and separation of the
Juvenile and Domestic Relations
Court from the city Police Court.
Evening star., 1944-10-20
laWRstioniinq
.Remindery@a

Canned Foods, Etc.-Book No. 4
blue stamps A-8 through Z-8 and
AS through RS good indefinite
ly. Each stamp worth 10 points
Meats, Fats, Etc.-Red stamps At
through Z-8 and AS through K-s
good indefinitely for 10 points
each.
Points for Fats-Your meat dealer
will pay two ration points fol
each pound OF waste kitchen fats
you turn in.
Sugar-Book No. 4 stamps 80 through
80 valid for pounds indefinitely
Book No. 4 stamp 40 good for {
pounds for home canning through
February %. 1945.
Gasoline-A-11 coupons good for :
gallons each through November 8
B-4, Ca, BIS and C-5 coupons
good for S gallons each. New A
Ration Books good November s
now available by mail to local
boards. Get applications at serv.
ice stations or Ration Board and
mail in along with back cover OF
present A book,
oes-Airplane stamps I and 2 ir
Book No. 3 good indefinitely fol
one pair Of shoes each.
Fuel Oil-Periods No. 4 and 5 cou.
pons good for 10 gallons per unit
through August 81, 1945. Period l
1915 ration, also good for II
gallons q INIT Hope,,,,,orc 4, &b;.
area should not have used more
than 8 per cent Of their ration
thus far,
Evening star., 1944-10-20
Prince Georges License
Protests Are Denied

The Prince Georges County Liquor
Board yesterday denied petitions by
a group of Silver Hill residents seek
ing revocation of liquor licenses OF
the Kings Park Inn and the Silver
Hill Market.
The protesting delegates, led by
G. A. Mellott, charged that the inn
constitutes traffic hazard because
OF its proximity to the road. They
also charged that Philip Greenberg
owner of the market, permits the
drinking of liquor on the premises.
Sergt. Elon Turner of the Prince
Georges County police, who was
among witnesses appearing in be-
half of the inn, said he had received
no complaints concerning the estab-
lishment during the last year.
Frank Hall, Mr.. Greenberg's at
torney, presented a petition signed
by more than 100 persons in behalf
of his client. Perry O. Wilkinson
member of the county delegation to
the General Assembly, also appeared
as a witness for the inn owner.
Evening star., 1944-10-20
Vehicle Supervisors
GET Certificates Toniqht

Certificates for teaching motor
vehicle fleet supervision will be pre-
sented by Engineer Commissioner
Charles w. Kutz to 81 city super
visors of District government We
hicles and three supervisors of local
fleets at banquet at 6 o'clock to-
night at the Washington Hotel,
with the American Automobile As
sociation as host.
The city supervisors, who have
authority over 1900 drivers, have
been attending a weeks intensive
course of instruction, which will end
this afternoon with a demonstra-
ton on c street, between Fourth
and Fifth streets NV.
The course was conducted by Prof.
Amos E. Neyhart, consultant on
road training to the AAA and was
arranged by Col. Joseph D. Arthur,
jr., Assistant Engineer Commission
er. The course included methods
of selecting and training new
drivers, retraining drivers, and new
est technique of mainting motor
equipment so as to increase its life.
Toastmaster at the banquet will
be Burton w. Marsh, director of the
AAA Traffic Engineering and Safety
Department.
Evening star., 1944-10-20
Women's S Apparel Stores
Warned 10 File Price Charts

About half of the city's $50 re-
tailers of women's ana children S
clothing face a shutdown of their
business unless they file apparel
pricing charts with the District
Office of Price Administration by
November Is, officials, warned to-
day.
Deadline for filing the charts
originally was October Is, but be-
cause about half of the shops have
failed to comply, months extern
sion has been given.
Officials pointed out that if ac-
acknowledgement of receipt of the
charts by the OPA has not been re-
ceived by store by November Is,
then the selling of garments COW
cred in the regulation is prohibited.
The OPA later will make an
analysis of the filed price charts
and if any evidence of over-ceiling
prices are found, the cases will be
turned over to the enforcement
division.
Evening star., 1944-10-20
Resumption Of Throat
Operations Approved

Tonsillectomies and other nose
and throat operations may be re-
sumed with safety today in view of
the recent decline in incidence of
poliomyelitis cases, DR.. George C..
Rutland, District health officer, has
notified the District Medical Society.
All but emergency operations of
this type have been postponed
since early this summer as a pre-
caution against polio. DR.. Ruhland
wrote to Theodore Wiprud, secretary
OF the society, that the progressive
decline In incidence of polio makes
the precaution,~ in his opinion, no
longer necessary.
Three more cases were reported
in the Washington area today, rails
ing the total since July / to 3l2.
DR.. Rutland tonight will be host
to more than 400 medical and civic
leaders at private showing at the
society auditorium of documentary
film on Sister Elizabeth Kenny's
treatment Of polio. Sister Kenny has
arrived here from her polio institute
at Minneapolis and will explain her
concept of treating the disease be-
fore the Aim is shown.
The showing was arranged by the
District Health Department. It Will
begin at BIS o'clock.