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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-01-10
Many Issues
Are Awaiting
NewCongress
A MOUNTAIN OF WORK
18th May Have Opportu-
nifty Of Laying Peace
Foundations

WASHINGTON, Jan. tn
Fresh from three-weeks vacation
and flush with ideas cleaned from
the grass roots, the 18th Congress
STARTS it's second and last regular
session tomorrow with noun
tain of work awaiting 1t.
Political considerations, always
strong, will have a special part
in the deliberations of the law
makers this national election year.
which Republicans confidently
hope and many Democrats secret.
" fear may mark the end of II
years of Democratic administra-
ton in Washington.
President Roosevelt is to de-
eide tomorrow on whether to de-
liver his annual Estate of the
union' message in person; it is
expected Tuesday.
Home-front issues dominate the
immediate program, among them
subsidies, taxes, service men S
benefits. the soldiers vote, con-
tract termination and renegotia-
ton, wages, strikes, industrial re-
conversion, and postwar planning
Aside from those and other is
sues that normally will develop
during the next II months, more
optimistic legislators believe the
18th Congress, in its closing
months, will have the history
making task Of laying the founda-
ton for permanent peace
Party leaders have pledged the
same non-partisan cooperation on
matters directly affecting the war
that has characterized all con-
gressional sessions since the bomb
ing of Pearl Harbor.
But the harmony is expected to
stop there. All seats in the House
and many in the Senate are at
stake in this years elections, and
there are few incumbents who
won't admit privately that their
actions will be guided largely by
t(nntipuaLl ~, Dooz
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Worst Disaster Of War Threatens
zoo, 900 Nazis In Southern Russia;
Allies Puncture Casino Defenses
BLOWS THROWN BACK
Germans Hurl In Reserves
To Halt Advance On
10 Mile Line

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, Al
giers. Jan. 9.-LR-American and
British infantry have punched one
third of the way through the pow
erful six-naile Nazi defense belt
guarding Casino, it was announc-
ed today. hurting back strong Ger
man counter-blows in advances
which resulted in the capture OF
the hamlet of Giusto and took the
Allies to a mountainside mile
below Cervaro.
Terrific mountain battles, unlike
any seen in this war since the
Italians and Greeks fought in the
ravines of Albania three years
ago. developed as the Germans
hurled reserves into the struggle
to halt the Allied advance on TO-
mile front toward Casino. the
stronghold 10 miles south oil
Rome.
Despite heavy losses. the Fifth
Army pried the Nazis out of deep
trenches and log-lined dugouts,
and field reports placed the most
advanced Allied elements about
four miles from Casino itself.
Allied airplanes surging out il
the greatest waves in weeks
pounded home a double blow on
an aircraft plant at Reggie Emilia
in northern Italy, heavily attacked
German forces in Yugoslavia, and
nipped targets in southern France
in intruder forays.
American infantrymen pushing
on from San Vittore seized the
village of Giusto half mile far
Their on after a short house-to-
house battle. and reached Monte
LIE Chiaia, 1,500-fdot peak just
south of Cervaro, four miles south
east of Casino. Other Allied for.
ces closed in on Cervaro from Mt.
Maio to the northeast.
To the southwest, Fifth Army
men worked up 9O0-foot Mt. Por'
CHA, two miles southwest OF fal'
len San Vittore, and its sister peak
Mt. Cedro less than a mile away.
Despite the German counterat
tacks. 1t. Gen. Mark W. Clark
offensive had not slackened in the
last 100 hours.
But only direct hits by heavy
bombs and shells could penetrate
the enemy dugouts and defenses
strung across the mountains AND
into the plains around Casino and
the infantrymen had to fight
through machinegun fire and
minefields to win the strongpoints
one-by-one at heavy cost.
The Germans brought up parts
of the Hermann Goering division,
held in reserve, to support their
counterattacks.
The Germans were showed back
in one fierce assault they staged
against Mt. Maio.
On the Eighth Army front, there
was only patrol activity and artil-
lery fire as snow began to thaw
in the coastal area. New Zealand
Maoris wiped out one enemy pa.
troll.
Headquarters announced that
Belgian, Polish, and British com
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Tin Tube Ruling
Relaxed By WPB

WASHINGTON, Jan. 8. Up
- Purchasers of tooth paste,
shaving cream and other goods
packed in collapsible metal
tubes will not be required to
turn in a used tube before
receiving full one after
March l, the War Production
Board announced today.
Used tubes were chiefly inn
portant for their tin salvage
value, the WPB said. Since the
tin content was reduced last
year, the tubes now being turn
ed in yield less tin.
The production agency urged
that consumers continue to
turn in used tubes on a vOlun-
tary basis after March l, es-
pecially old tubes purchased a
a year or more ago, which
have a high salvage value.
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776 u. s. War Casualties
Are Returned From Italy
One Blinded Man Says The Air Eves$ sSa
Better-Many Mental Casa n

AN EAST COAST PORT, Jan. g.
-P)-'I can't see the good old
U. S. A.-but even the air smells
better!"
This shout came from a soldier
who lost his sight in land mine
explosion during the crossing OF
the Volturno river in Italy.
He and other blinded soldiers
stood aside while their buddies de-
scribed the scene as big float
ing hospital that shuttled between
Africa and Italy virtually pick
ing wounded off the beaches at
Salerno and Naples during the Al
lied invasion, came back to this
port bearing IT'S American war cas-
ualties.
1t was the U. S. Army Hospital
Ship Acadia, a former East Coast
liner now operated by the transpor-
tation corps of the Army service
forces. Last June it became the
first unit designated as an Army
hospital ship under the Hague
Convention, and today's arrival was
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Scion Declares Ship
Launched With Crack
In Hull, Full Of Putty

SEATTLE, Jan. 9. -(F)-- The
Liberty ship Chief Washakie, Rep.
Warren G. Magnuson O-Wash)
said tonight, was Launched with a
crack in her hull that had been
oaubed full of red lead putty and
covered over with paint.
The Chief Washable arrived in
Seattle last week from Alaska and
the Congressman then disclosed
that it had broken open on the
voyage and had split twice more
after being repaired.
The ship arrived here with a
split in the side and heavy chains
running fore and aft on the fore
deck to relieve the "hogglng
strain" which threatened to snap
off the bow.
Disclosure of the crack asserted
~ launched with the ship was made
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REDS NEAR RUMANIA
Powerful Armies Sweep
Through ITO More
Towns

LONDON, Monday, May 10-A
The Red army struck to within
80 miles of the main German es-
cape railway between Odessa and
Warsaw yesterday with the cap.
ture of Zhornishche, threatening
to inflict the wars worst disaster
on 100000 Germans in southern
Russia.
Two powerful armies under Gen.
erals Nikolai F. Vatutin and Ivan
S. Konev swept through ITO more
towns and hamlets, killed 1890
Germans in two actions alone,
beat off scattered enemy counter
attacks, and captured immense
booty, said Observation-Disclosures
communique recorded by the So
Wet monitor.
The Russians were disclosed to
have crossed into the last pro-
vince short of the Rumanian bor-
der, IS miles beyond their spear
heads; they had hammered back
the Germans on a 40-rnile front
in old Poland where their deep
est penetration was 30 miles, and
had frightened the trap already
being fashioned for a huge seq
ment of German forces pinned
into the Smela-Kanev sector Of
the Dnieper bend.
The rail functions of Sarny,
Shepetovka, Vinnitsa, Khristinov-
ka, Smela and lesser points all
were threatened with early seiz-
ure by the advancing Russians,
who were folding back the Ger
mans toward the Carpathian
mountains, and thus splitting the
enemy's southern units from his
armies in central Russia.
Moscow reports said fresh Hun.
garian troops had reached the
front i'll an attempt to bolster the
elattered troops under German
Field Marshal Gen. Fritz Erich
Won Mannstein.
A total of 105 German tanks,
however, was declared destroyed
in two days by the Russians, and
Is enemy planes were knocked
down in the same period.
Soviet airmen were aiding the
Russian ground surge toward the
vital Warsaw-Odessa line, de-
stroying 10 German planes on the
airport at Vinnitsa, 20 miles above
Zhmerinka, a junction on the
trunk railway.
Buki, district center in the
Kiev region only IL miles north
OF the Observation-Disclosures
arka railway, was among the
towns seized by General Vatutin's
forces. The Russians also were
threatening to cut that subsidiary
German escape route near Khris-
tinovka far to the southwest.
Inside old Poland the Russians
were reported within five miles
of Sarny, a junction on the Vino
Rovno line, whose seizure would
force the Germans to rely for
north-south communications on
railways meeting at Brest-Litovsk,
100 miles farther west.
In their spreading drive across
Poland's pre-War frontier, the
Russians also seized Bereznya, %
miles southeast of Sarny, and 25
miles inside Poland.
Attacking along 45O-mile front
from near Sarny, key rail juno.
ton 35 miles inside old Poland,
to the Kirovograd sector in the
Dnieper Bend to the southeast, the
Russians not only were within
striking distance of the Warsaw
Odessa trunk railway, but also
were nearing the several feeder
rail lines leading to it out of the
Dnieper Bend.
Moscow dispatches said the coll
lapse of all German forces in the
Dnieper Bend, estimated to num-
Der from 100000 to $4,000 men,
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WEATHER

FORECAST
ID III CAROLINA: Fair and continu-
wos told Monday. Temperature Is to 20
ess+ '' ~ to % central and 25 to 30
nsrn, portion Monday night. Tuesday
cloudy and warmer.
age of Cape Fear river at Fay
e"evile 1890 feet,
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US. Troops In England
Reported Favoring Cop

CHICAGO, ILL.,, Jan. 9-(AP) Chairman Harrison b.
Spanger of the Republican National Committee said to-
day survey of of the American troops in England
by four reserve officers friendly the COP showed
orty of the expedonary forces favored the Republican
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|MID-PACIFIC JAP
BASE IS POUNDED

PEARL HARBOR, Jan. Sd
Seventh Army Air Force I've
bombers raided Mill Atoll in the
Marshall islands Friday ana the
japanese Immediately retaliated
by attacking Tarawa in the Amer
lean held Gilberts, Admiral Ches-
ter w. Nimitz announced today.
The Japanese caused no damage
on Tarawa. The attack was made
at night, as usual. Nimitz did not
disclose the damage caused at
Mill, where the Japanese airbase
presumably was the target OF the
dive bombers.
Navy fighter planes escorted the
dive bombers but the japanese
offered no aerial opposition. Heavy
interrogation has never been en-
countered in any of the 1S raids
on Mill, closest airbase in the
Marshalls to the Gilberts.
The announcement:
olive bombers of the 7th AAF
accompanied by Navy fighters. at
tackled Mill atoll in the Marshall
islands on January West Longi-
tude date). No fighter interrogation
was encountered. In the evening
Of January 7 enemy planes drop
ped bombs at Tarawa without
damage to our installations.
ADVANCED ALLIED HEAD
QUARTERS, New Guinea, Mon
day, Jan. 10-(R-American Ma
rines are pressing the ground at
tack against the Japanese in the
Bergen Bay area of Cape Chou
cester, New Britain, while cher
Marines south of the airdrome
have met the enemy in patrol
clashes.
The attack at Bergen Bay was
conducted by Leathernecks after
reorganization of their forces,
a spokesman at Gen. Douglas
MacArthur's headquarters said to-
day.
Patrol clashes south of the air
drome occurred in an area where
the Marines had advanced subse-
quent to capture of this important
field Dec. 80.
Liberator bombers of the South
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crossing under & e radio 81
lence, to avoid confnst with terms
of the Hague Convention. 1t car
ried no combatants, mail or arms.
AS the 7,8OO-ton vessel was warp
ed into the dock here, where a
fleet of ambulances and buses and
scores of medical corps men were
lined up to receive the patients,
two military bands ashore struck
up a medley of college tunes and
swing music. Every man who was
able to walk damned the rail.
MAN, that's Americana" grin
ned Pvt. Steve Czekner Of Allen
town, Pa. THAT music is some
thing we can understand.
To Czekner, severely burned in
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The Apache sentinel., 1944-09-08
Spec Ser. Div. Dromotzes Negro Soldier" for Fort
Excerpts From NEGRO Soldier"
+ Are Morale Building Historical Facts

The mural, "The Negro Sol
dier," executed in oils on geSsO
ground, measuring five feet by
twenty feet, exhibits a dexterOus
use of soft blues, M e low d
browns and green gold tones. A
realistic portrayal, the Negro
figures of the mural are handled
by the artist with skill and un-
derstanding. An unmistakeable
quality of gallantry and herOism,
great physical strength and en-
durance are apparent in each
group. The mural is probably the
only work of its kind that has
been painted during the present
war for the inspiration of Negro
troops. Sgt. Lew Davis, renowned
Arizona artist, created the work.
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long, anyway. After but the slightest
hesitation ON shore, he bravely
drove his vehicle into the flooded
stream. The swift current proved
too strong for one little half-top,
however, and after a brief struggle
it went floating down-down-dow
the San Pedro! Pvt. Taylor, who
doesn't believe in water anyway,
gave one blood-curdling shrek, tore
off his clothing, plunged into the
water, and struck out for shore.
Still dazed at this sudden induc-
ton into the Navy, the remainer of
the crew clung to their prseariouS
perches.
Help was on the way, though. The
U.S.S. Half-Ton's SOS. had been
picked up in Battalion HQ. Soon
everyone was lined up along the
shore. Messages of courage were
shouted across the wild waters The
Major wished all of the fellows bon
voyage. Dogs barked and MedLs
tainted. The strain was too much
for Pfc. Branch, who, feeling the
first tremor of NAL de mer, plunged
III AlCco-1A4OO d1lO IICdQCo IOl OIlOI
Pfc. Scott, one of our jeep drivers,
diSregarded the giant pincers of
vicious crayfiSh and followed suit.
$50! Even desert rats desert a sink
ing ship" muttered Captain" Con-
away bitterly
Soon only the top of the half-ton
showed above the swirling waters,
and all were sadly beginning to be-
lieve that the rescue party might
not arrive in time. The officers and
men on shore gulped and fought
back the tears, thinking how soon
their comrades attempt at an ocean
voyage was ending in a watery
grave. Captain g." in best naval
tradition, refused to abandon his
vessel, and Jones bravely elected to
meet his destiny along with his
skipper.
At last the motor usherlongs and
Sgt. Pattison arrived on the scene
with all necessary equipment for a
rescue and salvage job. Diving suits
were brought along, but the regular
engineer equipment proved suffi-
cient for the task. And, just as the
U.SS. Half-Ton was going down fer
the third time. the usherlongs sue
ceeded in getting firm hold and
towing it to shore. Safe from Davey
Jones San Pedro locker, Gonaway
and Jones knelt and kissed the
ground. Were their ground pads
proud to be placed upon dry land
again? Shoe shoe, baby!
IT'S JONES.
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and their bones in every state from
Virginia to Louisiana. For the Union
they fought at Fort Hudson, Peters
burg, Honey Hill, Clustee, Milliken's s
Bend and FORT WAGNER.
Spanish War Scene Included
What he gained from his partici-
patton in the War Between the
States surpassed all preceding gains.
The Negro Soldier won not alone
personal freedom, but freedom
for the entire Afro American minor
ity. The next time he was called on
to fight. the Negro threw in his lot
with his benefactors, and went to
Cuba to free the Cubans from the
yoke of Spain. He had no stake in
this war other than to show that he
was patriotic American, and that,
right or wrong, he was with his
country one hundred per cent.
So, he marched on to Cuba with
the oath Infantry, the 25th, the 9th
Cavalry, and the 10th Cavalry
There were volunteers from Massa-
chusetts, Illinois, Kansas, Ohio,
North Carolian, Tennessee, and Vir-
ginia. On July l, 1898, in an attack
at Ell CANEY, a mile and a half
from Santiago, the gallant work,
the lusty, hellish fighting of the
men of the 10th Cavalry helped save
the day for Colonel Teddy Roose-
velt's Rough Riders.
Glory of Cuban Freedom Shown
Said the magazine 'The Review
of Reviews" in October, 1898: Zone
of the most gratifying incidents of
the Spanish War has been the en-
thusiasm that the colored regiments
of the regular Army have aroused
throughout the whole country. Their
fighting at Santiago was magnifi-
cent. Roosevelt's Rough Riders have
come back singing the praises of
the colored troops"
Indeed, it was glory they gained
in 1898 at Ell Caney and Santiago
de Cuba in the Spanish American
War. With the spirit of Antonio
Maceo, dark-skinned Cuban martyr,
these Negro-A Americans helped drive
out the Spanish oppressors and
make Cuba free and independent.
World War 1 Theme
NARRATOR: They were back
again. This time, it wasn't Just
Americas war. The whole civilized
world was in flames. A German
Kaiser had wantonly plunged the
world into blood bath. The cry
went up in America, DESTROY
G E r MANY AND MAKE THE
WOR LID SAFE FOR DEMOC-
RACY!"
So urgent was the need for black
men to fight that America didn't
wait for volunteers. Negroes along
with the whites. were drafted. Into
the jaws of he'll black men marched.
fighting like demons in the Argonne
forest, the Vosges mountains, in st.
Mihiel, Champagne, Metz.
The 369th-formerly the New York
National Guard - was under shell
fire for 191 days without relief. They
were the first unit of the Allies to
reach the Rhine They went down
as an advance guard of the French
Army of Occupation. Two of their
men, HENRY HNSON and
NEEDHAM ROBERTS, were the
first men in the ranks of all the
American Expeditionary Forces to
receive the Croix de Guerre. Johnson
and Roberts were credited with the
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Cruise of the U.S.S. Half !.
(Another Saga From Annals
Of the l3l6th G.S. Engineers

Out the majestic ridges of the Arizona
where the West begins and the ends this side of
Raesnake Hill and down the bivouac Company
Ahere the of tale is laid Beautiful country
and quite the place for saga of the Wild Wes-but you
wouldn't have setting there would you?
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the ralndrops beat out soft
limitations of krupa on canvas.
The soft desert winds provided
a signing string accompani-
ment, and all was peace and
contentment. The evening was just
shading into deep purple as our
Mess Sergeant wended his weary
way to Pvt. Gonaway's desert domi-
cile' and ordered him to take one of
the cooks in to the Regimental Area
to pick up some rations. Always
ready for duty Otis a habit with the
Fire Fighting 16thD, Gonaway hur-
ried to the Motor Pool and returned
posthaste with his half-ton. Cooks
and KPs clambered aboard and the
expedition took off with Gonaway
at the wheel.
Now just below our company area
is a large, broiling stream which
ruSheS down the side of the rocky
mountains. (No one knows why it's
in such hurry, although it has
been whispered that it's allergic to
the desert) The sight of this tumul-
tuouS torrent did not deter Con-
away from his duty. Well, not for
->~->--~-~----~-~>-~~-~-~-~
capture of 20 Germans who raided
the post at which they were sta
toned. The entire regiment of the
369th was cited for valor and deco
rated with the Croix de Guerre.
1t was proud-a justly proud
Negro American and World Citizen
that emerged from World War L.
He had grown into larger world
consciousness. He had fought and
died for a universal principle He
had been a determining factor in a
great world crisis. Had he not given
as much for his country as any other
American, or BritiSher, or French
man? He had earned his glory and
no earthly power could take that
away from him.
Today, black soldiers are again
marching through an enemy land at
the summons of duty, face to face
with great labors, great dangers in
the swamps and jungles of New
Guinea, thr o ug h marshes and
among the hedgerows of Normandy,
and the mountainous terrain of
northern Italy, to fight again, along
with freedom loving men of all races
and creeds, the forces of evil-to
smite down the Four Horsemen of
the Apocalypse = and, with Gods
unfailing help, they will conquer
and help Almighty God raise up
new nation-to build on Christian
foundation of equality the equality
of all men in God.
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wOMEN-Ages 20 10 - for the out
StandnA job IN the country today
TAKING CARE OF OUR WOUNDED
FIGHTING MEN in Army General Hos.
pitfalls or overseas. In rehabilitation
work with the Medical Corps: salary
and opportunity for postwar posi-
tons. Training and schooling free:
must have four years High School for
above job assignments. Other assign
ments for two years High Schools: must
be in good physical condition; cannot
qualify with dependents Under Ia. Tel.
ephone 1883 Mt Clemens o. write Wo-
mems Army Corps. IS North Gratiot
avenue Mt. Clemens. Jewel Theatcr
Building. TT
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to all taxpayers who postponed
part of their 1913 tax. Payment
is due on or before March IS.
DECLARATION OF ESTIMAT.
ED INCOME TAX FOR 1945
Purpose - To provide a basis
for paying currently any income
taxes owed in excess of the tax
withheld from wages.
Who Must File - A declara-
ton must be filed on or about
March Is, l945, by every citizen
or resident of the United States
who expects TO receive in 1945
(a) wages subject to withhold
ing in excess of $4,000 plus $500
for each surtax exemption ex-
cept his own Example, $500
in case of married couple with
no dependents or a single per-
son with one dependency: or (b)
income from all other sources in
excess of Sl00, provided his total
income is expected to amount to
$500 or more.
Method of Estimating - No
special worksheets are provided
for l945 Declaration. The same
Form l040 used in making re-
turns may be used as a guide
to estimate tax.