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WILSON ENTERS PICTURE

It was at about this time that Charles E. Wilson, crack produc- ton wizard of General Electric, came to Washington to help Nelson as vice chairman of the War Pro- duction Board. Wilson and Nelson immediately became close allies in the battle with the Army, which by this time was determined to take over the entire WIPE, plus civilian economy, Seven Up, comics and all
 The fight was extremely bitter Ferdinand E bersta a 1t, another banker and friend of Baruch's, able, tough, patriotic, had been placed in the War Production Board, and the Army wanted him to take over the entire show, kick ing Nelson out.
 So bitter was the fight that, at the height of the battle, this col umnist went to Charles E. Wilson to check on a report from one of his assistants that General Somer- we'll had telephoned Wilson asking him to secure more brass rolling mill capacity. And thinking the telephone connection had ended, General Somervell was reported to have said:
 That will keep the so-and-st
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busy. There just isn't any more brass rolling mill capacityl"
 And perhaps because the tele- phone was still connected or per haps because the remark was re- corded in one of the Armys many listening devices, it was reported to have got back to Wilson. When Wilson was queried about it, he was noncommittal, following which this columnist put the same ques- tion to General Somervell
 The General looked startled.
 50 you were the one" he said who talked to Wilson about that He charged me, in a meeting of the board, with making that re- mark about him, and demanded an explanation.
 T did call him up to ask him for more brass rolling mill ca pacity," General Somervell contin- ued. But although I sometimes call man a so-and-so' as jok- ing term of endearment, I don't think I ever used it on Charley Wilson. If I did, it was only il that sense"
 The incident illustrates how tenn ! pers flared two short years ago at a time when Wilson and Nelson were close allies against the Army Now, despite one-time enmity, Will son is on the Army's side. It is the Army, together with Baruch which for months has been trying to push Don Nelson out of the production picture.
 "A second column on the moves to banish Nelson to China will fol- low)
 
 Wilson has resigned according tC an Associated Press story in yes terday's Empire-Editor1
 Copyright, 1914 by United Feature Syndicate, Inc0
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FRENCH NEWS POLICY

All Americans will rejoice with the news of the full-scale French uprising which has wrested Paris from the hands of the Nazis and is making the Allied march towards Berlin a much less difficult task The French revolt is showing an effectiveness and result lacking in the Italian theatre
 However, evidence that the French have not yet learned one of the essential weapons for safeguarding their rewon liberation is in the French Commit tee of Liberations viewpoint towards the collection and dissemination of news.
 Gen Charles De Gaulles Committee has adopted a press law which establishes single French agency with exclusive rights to distribute all French and
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This Superiority Complex
Cincinnati Enouirer)

Cincinnati Enqulrer)
 A superiority complex gets a man into trouble. The moment one puts himself on pedestal and imagines he is better than his fellows is the moment will begin to learn the truth of the proverb that pride goeth before fall
 Both the Nazis and the Japs have in an un- bounded degree a superiority complex The former believe they supermen and the latter that they are sons of heaven That of course makes mere rabble of the rest of We are in their eyes inferior beings and that idea must knock out of them. Certainly we have good start. The Japs must begin to realize that though they may be sons ot heaven, we have something on the ball. As for the Nazs, as they continually retreat perhaps they doing some questioning to whether or not there might be mistake about the Master Race business. For a Master they not doing brilliantly as might De expected.
 However, the of heaven and the supermen brought it on themselves. And when they are smash ed into little pieces, will shed tears. Our real trouble will be to give them all they deserve.
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HOROSCOPE "The stars incline
 but do not compep'
SATURDAY, AUGUST 26


 Benefic aspects rule today which should be favorable to United Ma tions' naval and military forces, Labor may be restive under unusual restrictions.
 HEART AND HOME: Aspects of Uranus will have much influence this Autumn In the sign of Gem ini. which rules ideas, the planet will affect education, publishing and transportation favorably Rela- tives and neighbors come under in- fluences that promote understand ing and appreciation.
 BUSINESS AFFAIRS: Financiers will deprecate the danger of in creased imitation that lies in the immense volume of money in cir culation. Although many will be gradually dismissed from numerous industries as production reaches adequate volume for our armed forces, the impulse to spend will not vanish.
 NATIONAL ISSUES: Need of extraordinary attention to sanita- ton in cities east and west, es- pecially where crowded living con- ditions have prevailed during the Summer, must be recognized. Signs warning of epidemics affecting the stomach, throat and lungs are dis cerned by astrologers.
 INTERNATIONAL AFFA R $ ; Extraordinary expenditures for the war will require Congress to assess new taxes. Increase in the number of hospitals in various parts of i the United States will be neces- sary as the results of the European battles are computed.
 1 Persons whose birthdate it is have the augury of a year of care ful management of financial mat ters. Sudden changes should be avoided.
 Children born on this day prob- ably will be exceptionally clever and generally lucky. Special talents are forecast for this years war babies
 Copyright, 1944)
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He told friends on one occasion: Don Nelson came to see me, and ne sat there with the tears rolling down his cheeks, apologizing for not coming to see me"
 Meanwhile, Patterson and Somer- veil invited Baruch to sit in on their meetings, and as the breach widened between Nelson and the military, the well-meaning execu- tive of World War I edged more and more to the Army's side.
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Washington Merry t Go-Round

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY
AUGUST 25

AUGUST 25 Mrs. J. P. Pasquan Nick Beg Edmonds Westby Clara Long Elsie Jacobsen Arthur Burns Daisy Kaufman Helen Spencer Avis Clancy
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Daily Lessons in English v. v L. GORDON

MISUSED: Do not My dog easily Say My dog I (or BECOMES easily" OFTEN Pronounce the in ASK not 
 OFTEN NIISSPELLED Baptize tz) Baptism ts SYNONYMS imperfection, bunder blemish
 
 STUDY "U word three times and is yours Let us Today word compuon He constrained by
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now achieved miracles, including a total output of airplanes which nobody ever dreamed possible.
 And largely thanks to Nelson, this was achieved without any dictator ship either from management or labor. and without destroying the fundamental American system.
 If there was one criticism of Nel- son which seems valid, it is that he is too kind, too nice to his friends, too trusting of those around him. He has a hard time saying no, and FDR himself used to mimick Nelson by tapping his fin gers lightly on the desk, and say ing:
 This is how Don pounds the table and says we must have pro- duction."
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MRS. w. A. ENGLISH AND
 LORRAINE GOING SOUTH

Mrs. " A. English and daughter Lorraine left for Seattle today Lorraine will attend the Academy of Holy Names for the l944-45 sea- son then return to Juneau Mrs English will return within two weeks.
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LOOK and LEARN 9y sy c. GORDON

What the following e-chesnut, tb) locust? 9 What is the largest rel-water lake in the world? is mercury? the earliest epic written in England? heraldry what estoie? ANSWERS: l. All American trees 9 Lake Superior. Quicksilver.
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WAR DEPARTMENT
TO PUSH OUTPUT
OF SMALL ARMS

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3.-LR)-In
addition to speeding up production
of heavy artillery ammunition, the
War Department is taking steps to
push the output of small arms am
munition up to peak levels again.
The reason for this, it was ex-
planned today, is not any actual
existing shortage but desire to
get back into full production to
augment already large stockpiles.
A substantial cut-back in small
arms ammunition was put into eff
feet about year ago.
The Army recently has viewed
with some misgiving the trend of
war workers from the small arms
ammunition field into other indus
tries. It is represented as feeling
that the production lines should be
replenished with something like
full manpower now before any &C
tual crisis in that category of mu-
nitions develops at some future
date.
The greater part of small arms
ammunition is produced by gov
eminent plants, although huge
quantities also are turned out at
several privately owned plants, in
GLIDING those in Connecticut. In
that area the labor market is es.
pecially tight.
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YANKS FLY by
OFF SANDBAR IN
CHINESE STREAM

CHUNGKING, Dec. s. tR -
From every vantage point on the
hills overlooking a tiny sandbar
airdrome on the Yangtze river at
rhungking. tense knots of people
TODAY watched four Americans win
gamble with death by taking
off in a Superfortress which risked
crashing into a hillside Or plung-
inc into the swirling river.
The superfortress was the DOT
tie'' which, after the American
raid on Amura, Japan, November
21. made an emergency landing
on the hazardous sandbar.
Before the take-oft, the plane
was stripped of every unneces-
sarv piece of equipment. A dog
leo extension 1,4oo feet long was
added to the original 2,150-foot
runway by several thousand
Szechwan laborers.
Among those watching the
planes takeoff - which cleared
high tension cables lowered by
express order of Generalissimo
Chang Kai-shek for the flight =
were Maj. Gen. Patrick ]. Hur-
ley, newly appointed ambassador
to China, and Maj. Gen. Albert C.
Wedemeyer, chief of staff to
Chang.
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Obituaries
JAMES C. STANLEY

WHITEVILLE, Dec. s. James
Council Stanley, 74-year-old farmer
OF Clarendon, died at 1890 o'clock
last night.
Mr.. Stanley was a member of
the Masonic looge of Tabor City,
and the WOW lodge of Whiteville.
Surviving are his widow, former
ly Miss Flora Jane Currie; three
sons, N. M. Stanley Of Clarendon,
H. c. Stanley of Wilmington, J. R.
Stanley of Clinton, Tenn; two sis
tiers, Mrs. Wilson Walters, of Clar-
endon and Mrs. Gray Hughes OF
Tabor City: three brothers, S. P.
Stanley and H. E. Stanley of Clar-
endon, and J. W. Stanley of Tabor
City; and IA grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at
3 pm. tomorrow at the Clarendon
Baptist church with the Revf A. D.
HARRISON officiating, assisted by
the Rev. J. Robert Carter. Burial
will be in the Stanley cemetery at
Mollie.
Masonic services will be conduct.
ed at the graveside by members OF
the Tabor City lodge. County com
missioners will serve as active pail
bearers.
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PIT BOATS SINK
JAPANESE VESSEL
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out American confirmation, the
sinking or damaging of American
ships in waters near Leyte. A jap
enese imperial headquarters COM
munique said Nippon filters sank
or damaged IS ships in the Ca
notes sea, Immediately west of
Leyte. 1t listed a destroyer, seven
torpedo boats and a transport as
destroyed and four torpedo boats
damaged. It acknowledges loss of
a destroyer.)
The Sunday headquarters COM
munique said vank bombers lash
ed the Legaspi airdrome, on south
east Luzon island just north of
Arnerican-held Samar. They un-
loaded q tons of bombs, cratering
runways with 1000 Founders. Sew
eral parked planes were destroyed.
To the south other Yank filters
attacked three airdromes at Da-
vac, on Mindanao island. They
started fires, exploded fuel dumps
and bagged two ground planes.
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NEW POLISH CHIEF
ATTACKED BY RED
NEWSPAPER PRAVDA

MOSCOW, Dec. 3.-tR-Reorgani-
cation of the Polish Committee of
National Liberation into the pro-
visional government OF the Polish
Republic loomed today as Pravda
attacked TomasZ Arciszewski, new
premier of the Polish government
in London, as lone of the worst
enemies of the U. S. S. R."
ArciszeWski 'fcr many years was
connected with the Pilsudski eli
que,' the newspaper declared. It
also attacked the London govern
ment's foreign and war ministers
as extreme nationalists, anti-Se.
mitts, and Fascists."
The news agency Tass reported
that movement favoring forma-
ton of a provisional government
in Lublin by the Soviet-sponsored
Folish-Committee of National Lii
beration was spreading throughout
liberated areas.''
Proclamation of a provisional gov
ernm ent appeared likely before
the end of the month.
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LOCAL CITIZEN
GETS COMMISSION
Especial to the STAR

FORT BENNING, Ca, Dec. B.
Wilbert James Snipes, son of M
and Mrs. Lonnie S. Snipes Of the
Carolina Beach road, Wilmington,
has been commissioned a second
lieutenant in the Army of the Unit
ed States upon successful compile
ton of the Officer Candidate course
at the Infantry school at Fort
Benning.
1t. Snipes was indicted into the
Army June 7, 1913, and served with
Company B, 18th battalion, second
regiment, Camp Wheeler, Ga, be
fore going to Officer Candidate
school four months ago. Before re-
ceiving his commission, 1t. Snipes
held the rank of sergeant. He at
tended New Hanover High school
in Wilmington.
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Patton's Forces Break
Into Siegfried Forts
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northwest of the stronghold of Du-
rem, was seized by American in
fantry cut off in the town.
Refusing a German demand to
surrender, the Americans radioed
supporting artillery to shell the
town-even if they were in it
and with this help drove out the
eremy, capturing 100 prisoners.
Nine miles northwest of Duren
the U. S. Ninth army drew up to
the Roer all the way from Linnich
to Julich-two main river strong
holds. This army cleared the Ger
mans from that part of Linnich
west of the river and fought bitter.
ly to extend its hold inside Julich.
Against the rising menace on the
edge of the Cologne plain, the Ger
mans sent up large numbers OF
warplanes in the murky weather,
and antiaircraft crews of the First
army alone claimed destruction OF
from Is to 20 of them.
The weather closed in on the AL
Led forward bases, and fighter.
bombers were unable to provide
the sort of close support which yes
terday ripped troops and defense
positions east of the Roer.
The capture of the Saar bridge
was an epic of American daring.
A front dispatch said troops in
assault boats crossed and seized
the east end of the bridge as other
forces came up from the southwest
Demolition charges were, torn away
before the surprised enemy could
detonate them.
Tank cestroyers and soldiers then
moved across the Saar and the
bridgehead was being consolidated.
Tie Americans were attacking the
fringes of the Siegfried line.
A mile and a half northwest OF
Saarlautern, American troops found
the Saar town OF Nieder Limberg
burned and abandoned.
The Goth Division occupied Reh.
linge--, five miles northwest of Saar.
lautern. Seventeen miles north, pi.
lots reported civilian refugees
streaming east out of Saarburg.
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LOS ANGELES, Dec. s. Up -
Tommy Dorseys assault trial
swings into its second week tomor-
row with Antonio Icaza billed for
further testimony about the bal
cony battle in which movie Actor
Jon Hall nearly lost the tip of his
handsome nose.
A probably rigorous cross-exam-
ination looms for Icaza, Pana-
manian actor-sailor, who has de-
clared that Dorsey bopped Hall
on the brow with a bottle. The
scene was a party last August 5
in Dorsey's honor of the 26th
birthday of his pretty wife, Ac-
tress Pat Dane, who with their
friend, Allen Smiley, also is on
trial.
Icaza has filed a $4,000 damage
suit against the Dorseys for in
juries allegedly sustained in the
fracas. Their attorney, Isaac
Pacht, asked prospective jurors
whether they would take into con-
sideration the fact that Icaza's civ
il suit probably would be strength
ened by a conviction in the pres
ent trial.
Just how much Icaza was in
volved in the battle is point
on which defense counsel is ex-
pected to dwell. Hall testified, in
answer to one of Pacht's ques-
tons, that he saw Icaza afterward
with no more bandage than a piece
of couftplaster on one ear.
Referring to Icaza's 100000 suit,
Pacht asked Hall:
s'You knew this was a false and
baseless lawsuit, didn't you''
Hall said he didn't.
Drs. Bernard Pearson and Mar
Gus Graham, who patched up Hall S
lacerated nose, are scheduled to
follow Icaza to the witness stand.
And then, defense lawyers have
disclosed, they will ask for dis
missal on grounds of insufficient
evidence.
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ENGINEERING WORK
in SOUTH LISTED

BALTIMORE, Dec. 3.-(R-Con-
struction awards made in the
Southern States during the first II
months of 1914 had value of
S786, 484, 900, the Manufacturers
Record reported today.
The publication said that value
of Southern construction for No
vember stood at $43,366,0OO and
there was a total of $40, 953, 900 in
projects to be started below the
Mason-Dixon line.
The Record disclosed that No
vember awards included $13,783 900
for heavy engineering work, $10,-
1880 for industrial projects; $10,-
100000 for public building; 81
100000 for private building, and
S3,841000 for highway and bridge
projects.
Texas contributed a large pro-
portion of the November figure
and the closest rival to Texas $14,-
272,000 was Florida with 1924, 900
worth of construction awards. 9th
err states with substantial Novem-
Der totals were Louisiana, $4,741,-
900; Maryland, $3,O76000; North
Carolina, S3,051, 900, and Virginia,
So, 1853, 900.
Texas also led the various
Southern states in contract awards
for the 11-month period, with a
S151,028, 900 total, the trade journal
continued Following Texas were
Virginia, $50, 1899, 900; Florida. $78,-
748,000; Arkansas, $67, 796, 900;
Maryland, S57,741 600. and Louisi-
ana, $57,339,000.
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HOUSTON, Tex, Dec. 3. III
A Texas Army sergeant has reveal
cd story of thirty American pris-
oncrs who were recaptured after
they escaped from japanese prl-
sen ship that was torpedoed.
Twenty nine of these, the SER
eeant said, were shot to death. For
the one who got away-Tech. Sgt.
Denver B. Rose of Houston-it was
a second major experience in Jap
anese treatment to American prls-
oners. Rose, captured on Corregi-
cor. was one Of the thousand prls-
oners on the march of Death"
Rose has told his story. He was
on the prisonship with 749 other
Americans. The ship was sailing
north along the coast of the Fam
booanga peninsula when the tor
pedo struck last September 7.
when the torpedo hit u.s." Rose
related, many were caught below
decks and never had chance. The
Japs turned machine guns on those
who got into the water. was with
in so yards of land when the Japs
caught me and took me and %
others into a small boat and back
to another prison ship"
Back on the ship, his hands tied
behind him, Rose resolved on
despera plan. He rubbed his bonds
against a frayeG steel cable, IN
f1icting painful wounds on his
hands, the cable broke through the
ropes, finally, and his hands were
free.
Then said Rose, IT decided I'd
just as soon be shot trying to get
away as the other way so I made
a break for it. I ran to the front
end of the ship and slipped down
into the anchor-hole. I hid there
for about 20 minutes while they
searched the ship for me. When I
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TOKYO POUNDED
AGAIN BY B-29S
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90 miles around Tokyo" related
1t. Martin Nicholson of Kingsville,
Tex.
Two interceptors hung around
Nicholson's plane but did not at
tack. However, when 1t. Col. Will
liam Mcdowell of Brady, Tex,
flew over later he encountered 40
or so enemy fighters, 10 of which
were fairly close"
Mcdowell said the japanese
were not very aggressive and
dove away when the Superforts
came close.
Capt. Charles Moreland of Live
Oak, Tex, said his tail gunner set
one Japanese plane smoking but
lost sight of him when another
attacker demanded his attention.
Lieutenant lid and others in the
lead plane confirmed the destruc-
ton of one enemy plane by Ron
aid Talbot of Catonville, WASH,
central fire control gunner.
Capt. Donald Thompson of Ny.
ack, N. Y, said Japanese fighters
were plentiful and persistent. They
maintained an attack or threat OF
attack for so miles in the Tokyo
area.
A B-29 commanded by Capt.
Robert McClanahan of Los Ange-
les, caught fire in the tail turret
before leaving the target and has
tily descended to a low altitude to
enable the plane to depressurize.
The Musashima engine plant OF
the Nakajima aircraft factory was
the prime target of the mid-after-
noon attack with visual pinpoint
bombing.
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YANKs DISPUTE
JAPS ON B-2&
Nv The Associated Press

A japanese claim that 10 amer,
,an superfortresses out OF a 1ngh'
IT "sorne TO- were shot down DUR
ing Sundays raid on Tokyo was
disputed by U. S. goth Air Force
communique.
The communicate said one BIS
was lost to japanese fighter planes
as they offered moderately strong
opposition.
Japanese radio breakfasts, re-
corded by the Federal comnunl-
sations Commission, made these
additional claims:
That their fighters scored heavily
In spite of "extreme d1fflcultles
IN the form of very strong WINDS;
That Bog bombs started fires at
several places but the flames were
controlled quickly by civilian air
defense units;
That damage was slight.
Tokyo said the Superforts also
ranged over nearby Yokohama
and were over the capital itself Tor
m hour and half.
Prior to announcement OF the
Sunday raid - the fourth BY
strike against war Industries IN
the Tokyo sector - the Nippon "a
do broadcast commentary on
"air raiding and the japanese out
look" 1t said why worry - let
the enemy planes come - all you
have to do is to shoot them down
and if a fire starts all you have to
do is to put it out
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Sunday School Adjourns
To Save Home From Fire

CHARLOTTE, Dec. g. Up -
Teachers and pupils of the Will
grove Baptist Church, ten miles
from Charlotte, turned from re-
ligious worship suddenly this morn
ing to save the furniture and other
household belongings of family
whose home across the highway
from the church was in flames.
The home was that of Mrs. Alice
GLADDEN., who with her two daugh-
tiers, were attending Sunday school
and were among the rescue party.
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Nazi Fear Of Yank
Artillery Is Told
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any more. We shoot until the bar
rels sizzle. We think the worst is
over when suddenly he breaks
through on our left. We cannot
hold him any longer. There are
only few of us left here. Now
there are only five.
eve have got to 60 back. AL
ready we can see the brown fig
ures through the trees. AS they get
to within 70 PAGES I turn around
and walk away; very calmly with
my hands in my pockets.
'"They are not even shooting at
me, perhaps because of the red
cross on my back.
maybe I will get out of this
alive. But if I stay in these torn-up
woods then perhaps some comrade
will find this book and send it to
my wife,