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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-12
Promises
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ToLook Into
Airline Plea
Carolina Delegation Urges
Action On Colonial Con-
Germs Application
PENDING FOUR YEARS
Stops Would Be Made AT
Wilmington And Other
Coastal Cities

WASHINGTON. March ill.,
A Carolina delegation headed by
Governor Johnston of South Caro-
lima and Mayor Henry W. Lock
wood Of Charleston, called on
President Roosevelt today to urge
government action on application
of the Colonial Air1ines to extend
Its Montreal-New York route down
the eastern seaboard to Charles
ton.
They reported afterward that the
President promised to look into
the matter.
Pending Four Years
Mayor Lockwood said that the
application had been pending near
ly four years before the Civil
Aeronautics board. Colonial Air
lines, other members of the dele.
cation said, have promised to
move its headquarters to Charles
ton if the extension is approved
and to employ from 400 to 700
people there.
Stops would be made on the
southwark journey at New Bern
and Wilmington, North Carolina,
and Georgetown and Myrtle Beach
in South Carolina.
Besides Gov. Johnston and the
mayor the delegation included
Representatives Mcmillan and
Bryson of South Carolina, and
Representatives Barden. Clark and
Bonner of North Carolina.
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HENDRIX VANLO0N,
HISTORIAN, PASSES
Dies Of Heart Attack At
Home While Engaged
On His New Book

GREENWICH Conn, March IL.
-tR-Hendrik Willem Van Loon
died of a heart attack at his home
in old Greenwich today while en-
gagged in writing a new book. "a
Report To st. Peter" an autobio-
graphy covering his life up to and
including his 21st birthday.
The 81 year old historian,
author of a STORY of Mankind
and a score of other works, said
when he was last interviewed that
his heart was 'wobbly'' and re-
marked that when he died he
would take copy of his new
book, Hand It To st. Peter and
avoid filling out all kinds of entry
forms and blanks.'
Upon completion of IA Report
TO St. Peter" Van Loon planned
to write short history of Con-
necticut gratis upon appointment
by the the State legislatures house
committee on public information
which had offered him a $1,000
fee.
Spurning the offer, Van Loon
said II am not going to write this
history for a fee I have written
too many histories already. I am
going to write this for fun"
Van Loon, whose death followed
within "a hours those of two other
noted American writer's, Irwin S.
Cobb and Joseph C. Lincoln, arose
Continued on Page Seven; Col. 81
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ALLIES use TANKS
IN BURMA ATTACK
StilwelI Declares Entire
Hukawng Valley Will
Soon Be Ours

NEW DELHI, March 11.-(R-Lt.
Gen. Joseph w. Stilwell, bubbling
with enthusiasm, declared today
the entire Hukawng valley will
soon be ours as columns of tanks
manned by Chinese and American
soldiers cut a wide swath through
japanese ranks in that northern
Burma sector, killing 500 to zoe
Of the enemy.
The fight for Manigkwan anc
WallaWbrum is won and only iso
lated hopping up operations re
MAN," StilWell said in a state
ment relayed here. II believe We
rave killed 1000 Japanese in thi.
operation alone, which should b.
good news in any language excep
japanese.
4 wish to stress the fact tina
Chinese and Americans fought ane
died side by side. They fratern
Hed, shared their food, their com
1orts and their hardships.
Militarily elements of two Chi
ilese divisions, unit of tanks
operated by Chinese and com
manded by an American, ane
American combat troops WORKED
smoothly together in the happy jol
Continued on Page Five; Col. 4
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Expansion Of Shipyard's
Training Setup Underway

Expansion Of the training pro-
gram Of the North Carolina Ship
building company here to meet
new demands on it for construc-
ton of special CO type ships for
the United States Navy is now well
underway, officials of the COM
pany announced yesterday.
A definite program of instruction
for its employees has been carried
on since the yard was established
early in 1871 and was contribut-
ing factor in its designation as one
of the country's two most efficient
builders of Liberty ships. How
ever, it was never on such a spe-
cialized or intensified basis as cur
rently planned.
Because of the complicated ma
ture Of the work in QUILTING the
10, 660-ton CO vessels. it has been
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neutrality-suspicious.
Blast MuenSter TARGETS
Ration Point Cost
Of Sausage Reduced

WASHINGTON, March IL
R-The ration point cost of
number of types of sausage
was cut one and two points
by the Office of Price Adj
ministration today, effective
Sunday.
The action reduces the popu-
lar dry and semi-dry sausage,
such as hard salami, two
points a pound. Thus dry saus-
age listed on the March table
of consumer point values at
eight points a pound, will cost
six points. Semi-dry sausage is
cut to four points, compared
with the original March value
of six.
All other sausa.es are re-
duced one point with the ex-
ception of those listed on the
March tables at one point.
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A gricultural Authorities Approve
Grazing Experiment At lnvershie]

An experiment in continuous
grazing for cattle, by means of
which it is believed a substantial
reduction in the cost of dairy prod
ucts can be effected, was pro-
nounced workable yesterday by a
group of agricultural authorities
who visited Invershiel farm in Pen
der county last week.
What the observers found was a
herd of 8 milk cows grazing, night
and day, on crops that supply an
abundance of nutritious food, and
eliminate the necessity for supple
mental diet.
The committee selected to invest
igate the unusual project consisted
of A. R. Howard, agricultural agent
of the Atlantic Coast Line rail
road; r. W. Galphin, New Han
over county farm agent; c. R. Dill
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ALSO HIT FRANCE
Raj Night Craft Believed
Keeping Up Tempo OF
Raids On Europe
BY AUSTIN BEALMEAR

LONDON, March II. -(P)-Am-
erican heavy hombers blasted mill
tary targets in Muenster, Ger
many. and the Pas-de-Calais area
Of France today to cap perhaps
he most significant week of the
air war and late tonight Axis
controlled radio stations indicat-
ed that Raj night bombers were
keeping up the tempo of the at
tack with new assaults.
The Paris radio failed to come
on with its regular 10 pm. news
bulletin and the Luxembourg trans
rnitter announced that it was
CLOSING down because of the ap-
preach of enemy aircraft The
Frankfurt radio then broadcast a
warning that airplanes were re-
ported in the alert area.
The operation of the American
bcmbers was the 18th this month
fer the Allied heavyweights bas-
ed in Britain.
Transportation Center
Meeting no opposition from en-
envy fighters, Fortresses bombed
Muenster through an overcast, U.S.
ing navigational instruments, U. S.
headquarters announced. This
transportation center is in west
ern Germany IS miles from the
Netherlands border.
Liberators attacked the Pas-de.
Calais area, where enemy EN-.
placements threaten the Allies
shortest invasion route from Bri-
tain.
Thunderbolt fighters, meanwhile
swept over occupied territories
and strafed airdromes and enemy
gun positions.
Other Thunderbolts, as well as
Lightnings and Mustangs, accom-.
panied the bombers. No bombers
were lost in the days operations,
hut four fighters were missing.
1t was the third time that Am.
erican heavy bombers have hit
Germany without loss-the pre-.
vious perfect records having
been set last November.
Despite the lack of enemy fight.
er planes today, enemy anti-air'
craft was severe. The bombers
rlowed through snowstorms te
reach the targets.
The Muenster bombers were the
first au-silver fortress group to
attack Germany. 1t had none oil
the old dun-colored camouflage
which has been dropped to save sc
pounds of weight. All new ships
arriving here are silver-colored
and old fortresses are being strip.
ped.
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The findings will apply to other
southeastern states with equal ad-
vantage, the committee believes.
According to the authorities the
fields have been sowed to furnish
complete grazing requirements for
milk COWS. There are Manganese
bur clover, mixture of southern
bur and crimson clover, giant
Louisiana White Dutch clover,
bearded barley, chess and Italian
rye grass.
The White Dutch supplies graz
ing from mid-October to middle
cember and from March 1 to mid
July, they point out Manganese
clover gives, under normal winter
conditions, complete grazing
through November and the winter
months until the middle of April,
Continued on Page Five; Col, q
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lard, former operator of the farm
and now director of the Farm Sc
curity Agency at Burgaw; and r.
R. Rich, Fender county farm
agent.
Cows were turned in to Inver-
shells scientifically-sowed pastures
February q, since when they have
been allowed no additional fod-
der.
1--WE can state without reserva-
lions that on the crops indicated
and by the methods proven, North
Carolina can introduce and profit
ably follow system of continu-
Gus grazing, which will greatly re-
duce the cost of dairy products,
and of all meats, and which will
give the state a place among the
leaders in animal husbandry, -
commented a spokesman for the
agriculturists.
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FORCE BRIDCEHEAD
Endanger Last 60 Mile
Stretch Held By Nazis
Near Black Sea
CAPTURE BERISLAV
Other Soviet Forces Still
Fighting In Streets
OF Tarnopol
CAPTURE BERISLAV
By TOM YARBROUGH

BY TOM YARBROUGH
LONDON, Sunday, March
12-(P)- Red Army troops
forced a spectacular new
bridgehead across the wide
Dnieper river in the last 60
mile stretch held by the Ger
mans near the Black sea yes
terday and captured the dis
trict center Of Berislav, only
81 miles above the big sea
port of Kherson, Moscow an
nounced today.
Berislav is a highway hub
for at east four major roads
bran hing out into the
Ukraine.
CUNTS of our formation forced
the Dnieper during the night
(Friday-Saturday) and after a
vigorous attack captured Beri-
slav, district center of the Niko-
lack region" the midnight Mos
COW communique announced.
Fighting In Tarnopol
Other Russian forces at the
northwestern end of the flaming
! 500-mile Ukraine front were re.
ported still fighting in the streets
of Tarnopol at the end of the
third day of battle for the strate-
gic rail town.
The Moscow communique and
it's suppleement-both recorded by
the Soviet monitor-gave few de-
tails of the Russian crossing but
for the first time spoke of fight
ing southwest and south Of
Apostolovo.
The Russian apparently crossed
from Kakhovka which they reach.
ed early last November after rae.
ing in swift strides across the
Nogaisk steppes. By yesterdays
short cut they won an advance Of
about 20 miles eastward from
their last reported position on the
west bank of the Dnieper in this
area.
The troops on the east bank
in this region had previously been
part of the fourth Ukrainian front
under Gen. Feodor I. Tolbukhin,
and announcement of the cross.
ing may indicate that the fourth
Ukrainian front forces have either
begun or are preparing to joir
the three other Russian army
groups already pounding the sag
ging German salient in the south.
ern Ukraine.
Kill $500 Germans
These three captured 280 locali-
ties yesterday and killed about
$500 Germans in continued gains
along the winding front. In one
area, the late bulletin said, Red
army guardsmen, followed their
tanks through the sticky mud and
carrying gun shells on their Shout
Continued on Page Two; Col. ~
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Ignores Pressure To Ac-
cept Request For Clos
ing Axis Spy Posts
RESTRICTIONS SEEN
State Department Reveals
It Refused Sale OF
Vessel To Ireland
By ALEX H. SINGLETON

LONDON, March 11-tR-Britisf
pressure was applied on Duplin tt
accept the United States request fol-
the closing of Axis listening posts
in Ireland, and in answer Fire:
Prime Minister canon de Valera
merely gave the British govern
nent a copy of the rejection he
sent Washington, it was disclosed
today.
De Valera's refusal of the re
Guest, which was aimed at prevent
ing the leakage Of important mill
tary information, may bring the
imposition of stringent restrictions
on travel between Fire and The
United Kingdom. Responsible
quarters said there was little
chance that force-such as ec0no
mic sanctions-would be brought
to bear against the Irish govern.
ment.
Support Request
In note dated Feb. %, Sill
John Maffey, United Kingdom re
preventative to Fire, informed dc
Valera that the British fully sup
port the request for the remova.
from Fire of German and japanese
Diplomatic and consular represen
tatives," and stated the British
desire to emphasize the i'm
portance which they attach to this
request"
The prospect that border restric'
TONS would be frightened, found
support in home secretary Herbert
Morrison's statement of last July
that we are watching the border
position, and when further i'm.
provements in control are wanted
We will make them
The belief was general, also, thai
the United States would not have
made it's request without consider
ing what it would do in the event
Of refusal And the demand coin
cided with other evidences of q
Continued on Page Three; Col. A.
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KING PETER SEEKS
ACCORD WITH TITO
Youthful Yugoslav Ruler
Launches New Effort To
Save His Throne

LONDON, March 11.-(R-Youth-
full King Peter of Yugoslavia, alb
sorbed in romance as well as pol
tiles, launched an effort today to
save his throne against heavy odds
by seeking an agreement with his
country's leading guerrilla leader,
Marshal Tito Gosip Broz).
He faced a difficult task. Peter,
coming from Cairo, had scarcely
stepped off plane at London
airport before a dispatch from
Moscow disclosed that his minis
ter to Russia, Stanojf Simic, had
resigned and placed himself at the
disposal Of Tito Similar action by
1t. Col. Meodrag Lozic, military
(Cnnfinued m, Do o Five. HnJ ~
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approximately 40 to so combat
troops.
Newly captured Talasea,
seized by the U. S. Marines
Wednesday after a three-day
battle, is only ITO miles from
Rabaul. The airstrip can cas-
lily be put into operation by
American Seabees.
There was no ground action
reported near Talasea, nor
from the Admiralty islands in
the Bismarck sea where Am
erican cavalrymen have been
cleaning UP Japanese on stra-
tegic Los Negroes island.
Along the coast of New
Guinea, PIT boats shelled the
CONTINUED on Page Seven; Col. .
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Six P erish, Score Hurt
In Richmond Hotel Fire
Tobacco Growers Ask
Boost In Allotments

FLORENCE, S. c.. March IL
- R Tobacco growers at
meetings today in Florence,
Darlington, Dillon, Marion,
Horny and Williamsburg coun-
ties adopted unanimously re-
solutions urging an increase in
tobacco allotments this year of
one acre or 10 per cent, which
ever is greater.
r. S. Rogers of Dillon, presi-
dent of the South Carolina
Growers Association and Ash
ton w. Williams of Lake City,
counsel for the association, will
meet with grower representa-
tives from North Carolina, Vir-
ginia and Georgia in Wash
ington Thursday to place the
proposal before Federal au-
thorities.
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u. s. PLANES HIT FLORENCE,
NAZZS' TOUZON NAVAL BASE:
RUSSIANS NEARING KHERSON
Craft And Planes
DealNew Blows To Japs

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS,
Southwest Pacific, Sunday,
March 12-R-Allied ground
troops OH newly-won positions
around the rim of the Bis
marck sea had breathing
spell, headquarters reported
today, while American light
naval craft and planes hit the
Japanese with singing new
blows.
Gen. Douglas Macarthur
said four troop-laden barges,
either bringing in reinforce
ments, or evacuating Japanese
from positions near Talasea
airdrome on the north New
Britain coast, were sunk the
night Of March SO by PIT
boats. japanese barges carry
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imperative to concentrate first on
greater instruction in the outfit
ting trades. Consequently, the new
and expanded system was put into J
effect first in the Electrical, Pipd
Fitting division of the Plumbir
department and the Steam En-
neering departments 1t will
placed into operation in the Sh
Metal and Pipe Covering der
ments as soon as additional s
for classrooms, now under
struction, is available. It
pected that the program v
further broadened to take ipl
of the hull construction
such as Filters, Shipwrigh
others, it was said.
Zone Of the most importa
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ALSO RAID PADUA
Savage Running Fight Fol-
lows Attack On lmpor-
tant Railroad Yards
NAILS LOSE PLANES
Great Care Taken Not To
Damage Priceless Art
Treasures In City
By EDWARD KENNEDY

BY EDWARD kENNEDY
ALLIED HEADQUAR-
TIERS, Naples, March LILY
- American aerial might
based in Italy was unleash
ed in full force and variety
today, hitting historic Flor
ence for the first time in the
war as we'll aSthe great Nazi
base at Toulen in France and
the railroad yards at italian
Padua.
A savage 35-minute rum
ming battle was fought by the
Flying Fortresses and their
escort of Thunderbolts during
the strike at Padua, % miles
from Venice, and returning
airmen called it the hardest
fight by airmen of this thea
ter since the attack on Reg
ensburg Feb. Is.
The Germans apparently sent
ZIP every type of plane at their
command including rocket-firing
fighters, and swept against the
American bombers in waves.
Describes Fight
One description of the spectacu
lar air struggle was given by Capt.
William A. Rhyme, 28-year-old vet
eran fighter pilot of sc First St.,
Yonkers, N. Y. who shot down two
Messerschmitts.
eve were flying top cover for
the forts" he said. "When we
saw the first fighters-about 20
Focke-wulf 190s-coming in from
above in a shallow dive and fir
ing rockets at the Bits.
"Soon the sky was like swarm
of flies around a molasses bar
rel.
Behind we could see about SC
Messerschmitts and Macchis Tan
ltaian-built fighter attacking a
lone formation of bombers.
1--WE went back and joined the
fight. That's when I picked off
my two."
In spite of the violent battle, the
Fortresses were able to blanket
The Padua yards with heavy load
Of bombs and creWnen said that
smoke rose more than a mile high
as they left.
Destroy Many Planes
A special air force announcement
dwelling on this battle said
early reports indicated bot
bers and fighters destr
large number of enemy
with comparatively minox
heir own.
The attack on Toulop
in five days, was ma
ators with an escort
and met comparatiY
sition and scant fla
Marauder mediuI
especially chosen
al blow at Flore|
crews had beer,
sion work and
ed to take e.
Continued q
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NOftl1 CAROIlNA: sunday clOUQy
win moderate temperatures.
Eastern Standard Time)
(By U. S. Weather Bureau)
Meteorological data for the "a hours
eadlng 7:3o p. m, yesterday.
TEMPERATURE
:, l:S0 am, az, 1880 am, AZ, 1870 pm, 81,
1;90 pm, 81.
~ Maximum So, Minimum 40 Mean At,
Normal 50.
HUMIDITY
=, I:30 am. a6, 7:30 am, Sc, 1880 pm, IS,
7'30 pm, 81.
PRECIPITATION
Iota- for the "a hours ending 1880 pm
100 inches.
Total since the first of the month
a,0l inches.
TIDES FOR TODAY
- From. the Tide Tables published by
" s. Coass and Geodetic Survey
High Low
Wilmington ----------- 11:31a 6:28s
11:55p 6:46p
Masonboro Inlet ------- 9:11a 3:12s
9:30p 3:25p
-. Sunrise, 6:27 am, Sunset, SIT pm.
Moonrise. $50 pm, Moonset, 8.o3 am.
Continued on Page Three; Col. Al
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WEATHER

FORECAST
NORTH CAROLINA: Sunday CLOUDY
With moderate Temperatures.
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EIGHTY JAPANESE
CRAFT DESTROYED

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC, Sat-
urday, Feb. 5.@R-Eighty Japa-
nese planes were destroyed by AL
lied airmen in a heavy raid on
the japanese base at Wewak, New
Guinea, Gen. Douglas Macarthur
announced today.
+ Apparently the Japanese air
force was caught completely by
surprise. Sew ZEN t y-two enemy
planes were caught grounded aad
destroyed. Eight were Shot down.
Wewak is the major air and sup
ply base for the entire japanese
defenses in the northeastern New
Guinea sector. 1t was last reported
hit on Jan. % when Allied airmen
knocked down and destroyed from
80 to IS Japanese planes.
A total of 200 tons of bombs were
poured into the Wewak defenses-
the heaviest raid on that rein.
forced base since the war began.
On the ground, Australian forces
driving toward Madang, southeast
of Wewak, have advanced along
the coast and up the Ramu Valley.
Off the coast of New Ireland,
Allied fliers caught and set fire to
a 6,000-ton merchantmen, the COM
munique reported.
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Continued on Page Two; Col.
3 NAZI BLOCKADE
RUNNERS BLASTED

WASHINGTON, F b. 4.-tR-
Sneaking through the South Allan
tic with cargoes vital to the Axis
war machine, three Na7i blockade
runners ran into blazing guns OF
American Warships and were sent
to the bottom.
All had started their f'1rtive trips
in Japanese-held ports of the Pa
cific, the Navy revealed today,
and their holds were loaded with
thousands of tons of rubber, tin,
fats and strategic ores.
Much of this material was sal
vaged, particularly hundreds OF
tons of baled rubber floating in
the debris after the runners were
sunk.
Many prisoners were taken from
the three ships whose crews at
tempted to scuttle their vessels on
orders from Nazi leaders in eff
forts to prevent capture OF the
valuable cargoes.
Violent internal explosions set
the enemy ships afire but they re-
manned afloat until sunk by shells
from the cruiser Omaha and the
destroyers Jouett and Somers.
CONTINUED on Page Five; Col. 81
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BY KIRKE L. SIMPSON
Associated Press War Analyst

Nazi reports that the Fifth Army
beachhead at Nettuno south OF
Rome has been ''encircled' can
not be discounted. but there is am
pie evidence from the scene that
the operation has reached a crltl-
cal stage.
For the moment, at least, that
bold Allied thanking maneuver ann
ed at cutting in between Rome and
the main battle line in Italy to
the south appears to be stopped.
It could not be encircled, with AL
lied naval forces of tremendous
power at its back; but it could be
boxed into it's beachhead roughly
IA miles wide and eight miles
deep. That seems to be what the
Berlin ''encirclement' bulletin
really meant.
The Allied force, now said to in
clude six divisions and unquestion-
ably supplied with all types of ar
NOR and guns. must do more than
hold that -beachhead. Its goal other
than Rome itself was obviously to
cut the two main supply routes