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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-16
WILL AID 5TH ARMY
Monastery Turned Into
Smoke Shrouded In
ferno By Bombs

NAPLES, Feb. 15.-tR-Amerf.
can b o m b ers blasted German
troops from the ancient Benedic-
tine Monastery atop Mt. Casino
today and attacked the Tiburtina
and Ostiense railway yards Of
Rome in two operations with the
single aim of speeding the Fifth
Army's push north.
Aerial explosives and incendia-
ries and artillery shells turned the
Mt Casino monastery into a
smoke-shrouded inferno and about
300 grey-uniformed German SOL
diers were sent racing like rats
fro the stronghold they had for
titled to obstruct an Allied drive
for the relief of the Anzio bridge
head.
Fifty ABS Invaders dive-bombed
the Rome railway yards and left
them burning and covered with
smoke. U. S. 18th Air Force head
quarters announced. All the Rome
raiders returned safely.
Other invaders bombed a Ger
man truck concentration and two
Nazi command posts near the An
zio bridgehead and traffic on the
Rome-Cassino road, behind the
Fifth Army's main front. Three
planes were lost on these missions.
Some $50 heavy and medium
bombers were employed to knock
out the Mt Casino stronghold.
Waves of four-engined Flying
Fortresses first blasted the close
ly knit group of buildings atop
the 1,800-foot peak with tons of ex-
plosives, and as the smoke from
this bombardment billowed sky
ward, big guns from the valley
below sent hundreds Of shells
screaming into the Monastery
buildings.
Many Nazi soldiers scrambling
for safety from the historic relig-
ious edifice after the first crash
of aerial bombs were caught
squarely in the fire Of Allied ar
tillery. For them, the thick-walled
buildings, from which they had in
past days, aimed murderous fire
Continued on Page Three; Col. -
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-16
RUSSIANS PUSH AHEAD
Nazis Hammered Back
Farther Toward Com
munications Hut

LONDON, Wednesday, Feb. 16.
-lREThe Russians in the north,
moving down along two railroads
and highway, have hammered
the Germans farther back toward
the great communications center
Of Pskov, bombing and Smelling the
Nazi retreat lines choked with
trucks, carts and infantry, Mos
COW announced today.
The Russians were pressing the
Germans in five other sectors of
the eastern front as well and were
making gains so consistently they
seemed to have an excellent
chance of throwing the Nazis COM
pletely out of Russia in the re-
manning five weeks of winter.
Far south in the Ukraine the
Russians were closing in for the
kill on an estimated $4,000 Ger
man survivors of force of per-
haps 100000 trapped by the Red
army. The Moscow midnight bull
letin. recorded by the Soviet mon
itor from broadcast, said 1900
more Germans were killed, 60 of
their tanks wrecked and as many
as seven repeated German attacks
to break the encircling ring from
outside were beaten back.
Leningrad front troops, striking
down from Luga, killed over 1,40O
Germans and captured 40 COM
inunities in one part of the drive
for Pskov. One force reached the
rail station of Serebyanka and
mile further the town of Kalbut-
itsy, 16 miles south of Luga and
IS miles northeast of Pskov. Fur
Their east on the highway, Gorod-
cts. IS miles south of Luga, was
captured.
West of this area other Russian
forces pushed down the Narva-
Pskov railway along the east shore
of Lake Peipus capturing several
populated places. An enemy in
fantry regiment was routed and
many prisoners and much materi-
al taken. The Russians in this area
were last reported at Polna, ~
miles north of Pskov.
In one area of the northern front,
the midnight communique said.
! Continued on Page Eight; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-16
Senator Sizes-b
COP Possibilities

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15.-lRNIn
a riproaring speech, Senator Pep
per D.-Fla.), today gave his col
leagues this personal size-up Re-
publican president possibilities:
Governor Thomas E. Dewey -
The heir apparent to the Republi-
can throne; "coy candidate"
who says mo- with isping lips
but with dropping, seductive eyes
because he has courageous con-
Governor John w. Bricker - a
modern Harding who is at
tempting to "disassociate himself
with isolationism."
Wendell Willkie - ''Unaccepta-
BILE to the Republican old guard
because he was courageous con-
vctions about foreign policy"
Senator White of Name was the
only Republican in the Senate
chamber when Pepper, new deal
made his attack. There
was no immediate Republican an
swer to the Floridian
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-16

WASHINGTON, Feb. IS Up -
Official American support of pol
icy of international free press was
disclosed today with belated pub
LEGATION of a letter written by Sec
rotary of State Hull which decried
political censorship.
Hull noted that the Axis might
be able to make propaganda of
criticism of one ally in the press
of another, and he also declared
that such criticism might have an
irritating effect in the country crit
icized. But, he said, the long range
interests of good international re-
lations are best served by a free
exchange of information between
friendly nations.
It was understood that both For
eign Minister Anthony Eden OF
Great Britain. and Byron Price,
American Director Of Censorship,
subscribed to the secretary's
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-16
US. Postal Service
With Italy Is Being
Resumed Today

IN WASHINGTON, Feb. Is. -
H)-Limited civilian mail SER
wee between the United States
ana a parts of Italy now held by
united Nations forces will be
'esamed Wednesday.
~, Inc Post Office Department,
announcing this tonight, said
service also will be started at
,ne same time between the
united Kingdom and the same
italian regions. Service to Ital-
IAN territories in Africa al
ready is in effect.
Letters and postcards will
pe accepted, beginning tomor-
row. In this country for delivery
70 Sicily, Sardinia, and the 10
a.ailan provinces Of Bari, Brin-
uisi' Catanzaro, Cosenza,
Lecce, Matera, Potenza, Reg
glo' Calabria, Salerno and
huLn.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-16
Roosevelt Hints u. S.
May Now Be Printing
Invasion Currency

WASHINGTON, Feb. Is. -
R- President Roosevelt told
a press-radio conference to-
day that he would not be bit
surprised if the United States
was printing some German
currency for use on the Euro
pean continent.
The President made the re-
mark in response to a question.
A twinkle in his eye made it
difficult to determine just how
serious he was.
But he did say that this coun-
try had been printing curren-
CIV for several nations in Eu-
rope. Some Of these countries
have been occupied, some are
being occupied and others will
be, he asserted.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-16
City Believed
To Have Met
WarBondCoal.
STATE PASSES QUOTA
County Drive Officials I'm
.va;lable For Comment
Regarding Success

It is apparent that New
Hanover residents cleaned
their tFIt, pocketbooks and tipped
the top" in the Fourth War
BOND campaign, continuing
their record of success in
cbaritable drives, however.
the total sale of bonds could
MT be announced Tuesday
night.
Tuesday morning reports
showed New Hanover county
shv s3O3,91O of its goal of
s4.95e,OOO, and bond leaders
appealed for immediate con-
version of all stamp books
n1edged hv Wi7r'in "tonians.
State Over
state War Finance Chairman,
Clarence T. Leinbach, Winston
Salem, announced sales in North
Cardinals Fourth War Loan reach
ed $40 1000 Tuesday, as the
phase Of the drive having to do
with bond purchases by corpor-
atoms and other large buyers
closed This is III per cent of the
sl26OOOOOO quota for the cam
paign.
Individual sales, which will con-
tinue through February %, rotaled
s54.fOO.OOO or II per cent of the
goal of $40, 100000 Series E bond
purchases, included in thc indi-
viduaJ buying. reached $30,400, 600
or SO per cent of the $44, 900, 900
objective.
Leinbach announced that of the
II Wa Bond regions in the state.
region 10 witt. headquarters at
Charlotte has become the first in
which all counties have met their
overall quotas. This region in
Guides the bounties of Cabar1us,
Cleveland, CASTOR, Lincoln, Neck
lenburg, Rutherford, Stanly and
Union. Some counties in region
10, however, have not met their
Individual goals.
48 of 100 Counties
Forty-eight of the states 100
counties have now reached or ex-
ceeded their overall quotas for
The drive, while seven have met
heir E bond goals, the state chair
man said.
Reports from Washington dis
closed that the $4,000, 900. 900
Fourth War Loan went ovr the top
by s191, 100000 Tuesday night a
Continued on Page Eight; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-16
ANOTHER PACIFIC
GROUP OCCUPIED
Conquest Of Solomons Now
Complete, Macarthur
Reports
By LEONARD MILLIMAN
Associated Press War Editor

American and New Zealand
troops captured the Green islands
Monday, isolating $4,000 japanese
troops in the Solomon islands and
drawing the Allied moose tighter
around Rabaul.
For strategic military purposes,
this completes the campaign Tor
the Solomons, Gen. Douglas Mac
Arthur said today in announcing
conquest of the islands. Two days
before we took Rookie island be-
tween New Guinea and New Brit
ain.
The Green islands lie midway
between the northernmost Solomon
islands and their sources OF sup
ply on New Ireland and New Brit
ain. With the islands in Allied
force that once numbered 40, OO0
hands, remnants of a japanese
face starvation, surrender or death
by American bombs.
(Continued on Page Eight; Col. Al
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-16
Firms And Russians Are Believed
To Be Discussing Terms OF Peace
$500 Water, Power
Workers Striking
In West Coast City

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 15.-
Up Los Angeles municipal
water and power employees,
numbering 1,50O and 1850,
were on strike today, demand
ing wage increases of cat least
SIS a month more"
The municipal power depart
ment, operating nearly 60 pow
er plants and stations, ten OF
them major installations, from
Boulder Dam to San Pedro
and northward into Owens val
ley, was continuing today with
skeleton crews.
The monthly wage scale now
ranges from $130 to $225.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-16
Extremely Heavy Rain
Here Makes A Record
OF Over Two Inches

Paul Hess, meteorelogist of
the w m in g n Weather
Bureau, announced Tuesday
that precipitation, in the form
Of rain, was extremely heavy
on Monday, making a record
of 2.37 inches in the "a hour
period. Between Sc p. m.
torrent rain fell, measuring
LA inch for one hour.
The total amount of rainfall
from February lib was 2.26
inches, or Ill inch less than
Mondays
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-16
ARCHDuCHEss DIES

LONDON, Feb. IS ZAP The
Swiss radio said today that the
Archduchess Maria Theresa OF
Australia, SO, widow Of Achduke
Charles Louis and former Por-
tuguese princess. has died in Wen
ma.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-16

Continued on Page Eight; Col. A.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-16

Continued on Page Three. Col. s.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-07-08
UM-CovERlNs
WASHINGTON
b. hARRN & AAAl nIAl

white Hoass CORES pondeat
tksleassd ThTough the AtlaBls Daily
world by kkPAl

The Republican party has mani
rnously adopted a platform 70 which
there are four plankS directly
affecting tho Negro.
For the frs; time n political
history. no single Negro nor any
one or two Negroes bore INC burden
az advising nc Resolutions commit
tee as to What ground should be
covered in an effort % lure Inc
Negro vote back into the Repuoll-
can fold Several groups sppcsrcn
before the Resolutions COMMITTEE
end voiced Their grievances and
suggestions
The Negro Rcpubl cans Vho met
g. Chicago m February presented
Their position through RobCr.
Church and Theodore Berry Waiter
White appeared before them &c a
nor partisan \. p i0 Randolph
with group rep CsVrNNg tho
March on Washing u Nspcrcn
rot N fcN WORD, T-r gc-e1 N3S
represented through t~c 3 c.Ct OF
Bishop : ms ~ Frt~Ct- Scott
bearing The 81, VC -N' q. his ~cpt
Pew connections exc &C aN .n-
r-lstakaoie ICG~er,c. ss ID PcN
\ rseE o. the s.~,a,. ...sfIr'. i>
- cSuo0 o. Dcat3 as 'ne cor
Standard 0caver
The cfc.tS 80 ,resr we" s"S 'NCsc
r~oqps hr1ush'. 'ortH q platform
which for the ..r>' t.rc orr1.,rd
from ne usle -rrsrt. .-t'. 1r az
opposition 20 c-rrr-'. irstuA be-
cause 81 race creed OF coo
Actually. the vlSt.o.U Is Torc spr-
csc s06 zoe. fs-tr,. tHeC has been
Ner'urcc before
Tire b.S question j Nhc'ncr =
gives that "tirSt class po,,sge On
the Republican - . II state - CO
ouent,y pied fo~ ov Bishop sims
before the fui.. convention
True. the platform covers he four
MAJOR g7evsnces 81 NegrocS-ll
Army ulStreatmcnt, segregation and
q scr.minstlon. 80 bllSh'ncni OF
. permanent FEPC, 90 abolition or
the poll tax and - adoption OF
scts-iynchlns lee s.ston.
Bul while meeting the demands
Of the Negroes az % the ground 10
be covered. the Resolutions commit
tee. minus the services OF the only
Negro scheduled 10 serve IN ca
pacity where he could have had
some say as 10 the wording. has
so set I'D the piankS as 10 leave
plenty OF ioopholeS
The army PLANK Is cood-eXcept
tina, such a study as Is mentioned
could be run on and on till the war
ends without anything being done
about II And the Negro already has
been studied 10 death
The FEPC plank is left dangling
in the air. Negroes arc interested
not only n the four-lettcr symbol
FEPC. but m wha; kind OF an
agency il Will be. They arc no, un-
aware that Republican Senators
helped put through Senator Rus
sells GRIPPING amendments tackled
on 10 the present Appropriation Tor
the existing FEPC.
The immediate submission Of n
Constitutional amendment 10 abol-
ish the poll tax means nothing.
That, the Republicans have already
done. Leaving out the relative
merits OF constitutional amend
n,ent and statutory legislation. a
plank calling for submission with !
out a pledge 10 work for its adop-
fion is nodded and warped and
doesn't make good building ma
terial.
The anti-lynching plank gives
promise only Of our sincere effort
In behalf OF its early enactment
" hereas the army plank pledges
'the adoption OF corrective legls-
~ Continued in Column 3 !
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-07-08
UNCOVERING WASHINGTON
Continued from Column u

Iat.on Why the difference in en-
phaSIs?
The only way 10 close the loop
holes and demonstrate a real SIM
certty is for the Republicans now IN
ofiice-the senators and congress
men-to take immediate action in
the directions the planks arc point
ing. without waiting til after the
elections
Blu, even with the loopho,cs, the
Democrats are faced with real
I.cmma They can Draw the strings
and unite the loops by adopting
more dynamic platform on the Ne
sro-er they can sNniheiiea " piHi
up The holes for the Republicans by
lodging the real issues.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-07-08

ENGLAND-Gathering in
. Red Cross camp club here
tabovel 10 plan the musical
program for the regular Sun
day "Quiet Hour" are Oeft
20 right Sgt. Clarence Hen
derson Of Baltimore, Md;
Mrs. Lucyle McAlister of
Omaha, Neb., director Of the
club; Sgt. Eugene Brice Of
Sedalis, y. c., and Cpl. John
Fischer Of Baltimore. Md. all
amateur musicians. tBelo,
Cpl. Fischer is caught respor
ing 70 the wild applause Of mr.
than 200 els after MS rendit.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1944-09-22

NEW cane seats are expensive
~ because the work is done by
hand. Endless time is required
also for scraping off layers of paint
to get down to the grain of the
wood in doing over many pieces
of furniture. The chair shown here
did not seem to be worth this la
Dor. 1t was reclaimed with a seat
from a scrap of plywood, blue
paint and seat cover of blue and
white ticking edged with white
material raveled to make narrow
fringe.
The Clipped white enamel that
was on the chair was rubbed with
coarse and then with fine sand
paper until smooth. The new seat
came next; then fiat paint which
was allowd to dry "a hours be-
fore applying enamel. Next, the
seat cover was made with a
straight band around the front and
across the back terminating in ties
at the back corners.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1944-09-22
Eagle Trained to Hunt
In Manner of Falconry

In days of old, falconry and
hawking, the sport of hunting with
birds, was a popular pastime in
both Asia and Europe. 1t consists
m training the falcon, goshawk,
and other birds to capture their
prey for man, rather than to de-
YOUR it. In a modern application
of falconry, Dan and julie Mannix,
naturalists and explorers, have
trained a golden eagle, which they
have named Tequila, to hunt and
bring back its subdued quarry to
them.
Biggest game yet tackled by the
eagle, which has an eight-foot
Widespread, is a giant iguana liz
ard, five feet long, not including
its whip-like tail.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1944-09-22

Mrs. Mudra is the daughter of an
immigrant Bohemian shoemaker
and, although born in this country,
she did not learn to speak English
until she was six years old. She
has achieved distinction as a writer,
having won several contests in short
story and feature writing in the Mid
die West. She is the mother of
son who recently was accepted for
CAA training and who hopes to be-
come an army aviator.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1944-09-22

of them, in less than half an hour.
and any man, or woman, or any
boy or girl, who will read them un-
derstandingly, will have the founda-
ton, the climax, the beginning and
the end, the heart, the limbs and the
brain of true Americanism.
And l like to feel that ALL these
people who are living here-for our
country is the only thing. after all
that every time they think of any,
thing public, every time they think
of this nation. for which all of them
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1944-09-22

In this shrine in the Congressional
library in Washington are preserved
the birth certificates of this nation"
the Declaration Of Independence
and the Constitution of the United
States.
matte corps. The celebration began
with an industrial parade in which
$4,000 people demonstrated the prog
ress made by the United States in
the century of its existence. In the
evening Governor Beaver of Phila-
delphia held reception in honor of
the official guests.
On the second day 10000 members
of state and federal military organi-
cations paraded in review before
President Grover Cleveland. At
night the President held a public
reception in the Academy of Music
attended by thousands.
Cleveland Is Speaker.
On the third day, the real ami
versary of the Constitution, exer-
cises were held in Independence
square before the building where
the Constitution was drafted. Presi-
dent Cleveland made an address in
which he concluded:
As we look down the past century to the
origin of our Constitution. we contem.
plate its trials and triumphs. we realize
how completely the principles upon which
1t is based have met every national peril
and every national need. how devoutly
should we confess with Franklin. God
governs in the affairs Of men; and how
solemn should be the reflection that to our
hands is committed this ark of the people S
covenant. and that ours is the duty to
shield 1t from impious hands,
In the Goth century the anniver-
sary has attracted general attention
throughout the country. Various rad
ical groups, small but noisy, began
to agitate for the overthrow OF
American institutions Public-spir-
tied men decided that citizens ought
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1944-09-22

are glad to go out and die, if need
be-that in that thought there sound
the strains of the fife and drum Of
Bunker Hill; that in their victory,
glorious and beautiful, never shall
fail the heroism of Valley Forge,
and all that is sacred, all that is
dear to our hearts, through our ira
ditions of the great men and noble
women, who have lived and sacri-
feed and died for this republic and
its flag, shall still continue in our
hearts and in our brains"
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1944-09-22

Albert j. Beveridge, statesman
and historian, once wrote:
People ask me, what is Ameri-
canism?" say, "Read its five Cos
pels - the briefest gospels ever
penned."
''These are the five gospels: The
Mayfower Compact, the Declara-
ton of Independence, the Constitu-
ton of the United States, the fare
we'll address of George Washington
and Lincoln's second inaugural.
"You can read them all, every one
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1944-09-22
Checks of Steel

A Cleveland company presented
the three winners of a contest held
in 1882 with their prize money in a
form that was symbolic of the
firms welding business - steel
checks on which steel letters and
figures were welded. Although two
feet long, foot wide and three
sixteenths of an inch thick, the
checks were honored and then can
celed with a sub-machine gun, the
word "<Paid" being spelled out
with bullet holes.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1944-09-22

SSkSA A. AVN"
per Union at the
Fifth A n n u a !
Writer'S Confer
ence at North
western universi-
ty in July, 1914,
for the "best fea-
ture article ap-
prOpriate to the
OBJ vance of
Con S titut i O n
day." 1t was writ
ten by Mrs. Ma
rie II. Mudra, a
teacher in a Chi
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1944-09-22
THE AUTHOR

Editors Note: This article won
first prize in a contest, sponsored by
Evening star., 1944-04-06

the Germans are using some of their
best troops, troops which are urgently
needed on other fronts. We are using
only comparatively small commando
forces, as far as can be ascertained,
plus Tito's Partisans, which certainly
cannot be employed elsewhere. Conse-
quently the exchange Is heavily weighted
against the Germans.
One other object Is served by ouv
occupation Of the Dalmatian islands on
Split and that Is the interruption of the
German coastal supply line to Albanis
and Greece. The Germans maintain
regular supply service in small ships
operating along the Damatian coast,
keeping inside the islands as far as
possible. 1t has long been evident that
the German forces in Albania and
Greece and in the islands Of the Aegean
could not be supplied by the Belgrade
-Salonika Railroad alone. This coastal
shipping system appears to be the Ger
man answer to that problem, and II the
islands off Split come wholly into our
hands that system will be interrupted.
There will be no safety for the German
ships along the coast, and to try to go
out into the open sea and sail outside
Lissa would be an equally perilous
proceedings.
(Copyright, 1e44)
Evening star., 1944-04-06
Davm Laurence

collected as compared with sums bor-
rowed also compares favorably with
that Of any other situation either in the
preceding World War or in any other
country. Not only is large part of our
borrowed money coming from nom
banking sources, thus tending to narrow
the Imitation gap," but the actual ratio
Of taxes collected to sums spent Is
higher in this country than elsewhere.
This Is based ON the theory that
lease-lend expenditures of $40 0,O0O, 900 900
are really not part of our own national
budget. If, for instance, Britain counted
the $4,000, 900 900 Of lease-lend goods as
part of her war expenses, the proportion
OF income In relation to expenses would
be about 43.5 per cent while this
country's income would rise to about
so per cent of the expenses If lease
lend of $4,000, 900 600 were considered
part of the war expenses of other
countries and subject to repayment in
cash or in kind.
Lease-lend, however, is one of those
indefinable things which probably will
never be calculated accurately except
that 1t Is foregone conclusion that,
even after allowance Is made for sup
plies and materials furnished our armed
forces abroad, the balance will be heavi-
er on the side Of our outlay.
So the American people are doing as
well and, In serlse, better than any
other people in the world in the amount
of taxes paid In relation to outlay. This
does not mean that war makes any
fiscal situation sound but, in q relative
sense, the American achievement is
better than was anticipated at the time
Of our entry into the war more than
two years ago. s~sa.
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