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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-04-15
DARDEN IS NAMED
TO J. W. M. POST

The appointment of George R.
Darden. Of Spartanburg, S. c., as
assistant superintendent of James
Walker Memorial hospital by the
institutions board Of managers al
meeting yesterday was an
nounced by J. c. Roe, president
of the board.
Mr.. Darden will fill a vacancy
created by the resignation Of
Charles w. Mangum several days
ago.
The new official will assume
his duties on May /. He is now
business manager of the Spartan
burg General hospital, position
he has held for the past severa.
years. Previous to his entrance
into hospital administration work
he wac connected with the North
Carolina Banking department fol
several years.
He is brother of D. M. Oar
den, vice president and cashier
of the Peoples Savings Bank and
Trust company.
Mr., Roe said Mr.. Darden's fami'
ly will remain in Spartanburg I'm.
til his two children complete the
current school term and will ther
move here.
It was also announced the full
occupation of the new annex tt
the hospital was discussed at this
meeting. Everything is in readi
ness, it was said, EXCEPT the cal
system. Work is now underway
on this and it is expected to b.
completed about June l.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-04-15

and Trust company, owners Of the
building, found enlargement Of the
bank necessity. The former Of
flee Of Mr. Taylor will thus be
incorporated into the banking
The new insurance office is at
tractive and adequate, Taylor said.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-04-15
OES Installation
Will Be Held At
Burgaw On Tuesday

BURGAW, April 14.-There will
be a public installation of Eastern
Star officials in the lodge nall in
Burgaw next Tuesday evening at
8 o'clock. The public is invited.
Mrs. Tyson Harrell is outgoing
worthy matron and Miss Rebecca
Brown is incoming Worthey
matron.
Mrs. J. T. Henry and daughters
spent Easter Sunday at the home
of her mother, Mrs. Cathryn Cos
tin near Watha. A family reunion
was enjoyed, with a picnic dinner.
Those present were: Mrs. j. T.
Henry and daughters of Burgsw:
Mr.. and Mrs. Bob Barrow of Dur
ham, Mr.. and Mrs. J. D. Britt OF
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-04-15
Taylor Insurance Firm
Moves To New Office

The new office of the Walker
Taylor insurance company has
been established at 232 Princess
street, Mr.. Taylor revealed yester-
day.
Taylor's office has been a land.
mark at the corner of Front and
Princess streets for more than 40
years.
Removal was occasioned by the
fact that the Peoples Savings Bank
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-04-15

ange USO and the 5th and Orange
USO clubs.
Music will be provided by the
142nd AAA Band of Camp Davis.
There will be an entertainment
during intermission. Service men
and their wives and service wom'
en- and their dates are cordially
invited to attend.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-04-15
Singing Convention
To Be Held Sunday

The New Hanover County Sing
ing Convention will be held at the
Church of God, Fourth and Mars
teller streets, Sunday at 2 pm, it
was announced yesterday.
All churches are cordially invit-
ed to attend with their choirs,
quartets, trios, duets, obligatos and
soloist. Churches are requested to
register their singers early, DR..
English. secretary of the conven.
ton stated.
Hymns and gospel songs, exclu-
sively, will be sung.
Oranges were first brought into
Europe from China by the Portu-
guese in l547.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-04-15
WALKER DEAD

WASHINGTON, April IA R -
The Navy Department announced
today the death of Frank Edwin
Walker, Jr., Seaman First Glass,
USNR, whose parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank E. Walker, Sr., live
at Mt Airy, N. c. Walker was
previously reported missing on
casualty list for March 29.)
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-04-15
POWER PROMOTED

CORPUS CHRISTI, Tex, April
14.-(P)-Tyrone Power today was
promoted from second to first lieu
tenant and will complete his flight
training next week. Power was 4
civilian pilot in his movie days.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-04-15
Couple Dance" Slated
Tonight At USO Club

The regular couple dance at
the Fourth and Ann USO will be
held on Saturday night, April IA
at 8 pm. The dance, an informal
one, is sponsored by the Third and
Glace USO, The Second and Or
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-04-15
DpIinquencY
On Increase
In England
Nv RUTH MILLETT

:. attempt to set at ease the
u - American girl friends and
f1l1' # men stationed in Great
WV '.,o an English woman recent
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-04-15

Wilmington. Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur
Costin and family, Mr.. and Mrs
Forrest Costin and family, and
Mr.. and Mrs. L. T. Rackley Of
the community.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-04-15

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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-04-15
PERSONALS

Mrs. Rinaldo Page has returned
to her home in Oleander after
spending the past three weeks in
Columbus, Ca, and Birming-
ham,
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multiple manufacturing enterprises and the future of these businesses depends almost entirely upon their access to large markets.
 The applicants, most of them small firms, emphasized yesterday the need for expanded service in New Englnad, New York State and between the two regions.
 Tn opposition, Henry P. Bevans, counsel for Transcontinental & Western Air, Inc, presented a sur' vey made by his client which con- cluded that prospective air trafilc in the area did not warrant opera ton of the feeder lines.
 Asserting that this type of service still was untested. Bevans argued that it would impair TAs service.
 Northeast AirlInes, Inc, agreed to amend its petition to apply to the il routes it named. Public Counsel Philip schleit opposed the North- east application on the grounds that it merely "illustrated" the service which the air line hopes Co give 4oe New England communities.
 Testimony was given by officials and interested parties from Vermont and New Hampshire, and Spring. ] field and New Bedford in Maasa- chusetts, all of whom urged greater alf sogelee for New England,
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ity organization to perpetuate peace although some details remain a matter between the President, Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Premier Josef Stalin.
 3. The State Department will range farther into foreign economic affairs than ever before, with bus inessman Clayton leading the way. Clayton will handle the administra- tien's program for postwar foreign loans and credits and will report di- rectly to the President on all civil aviation matters.
 4. Unprecedented attention will be given State Department relations with Congress. Assistant Secretary Dean Acheson, the only assistant secretary to keep his job but freed of his economic responsibilities by the Clayton appointment, will have general responsibility" for this phase of operations. One of his first tasks may be an attempt to elimin- ate congressional hostility to the proposed Anglo-American oil agree ment.
 5. Western hemisphere relations will receive specialized high-level treatment under Rockefeller in an effort to boost Latin-American con- fldence in the United States and de- fine more clearly U. s. policy toward Argentina and the 20 other Amer ican Republics.
 6. MacLeish, the only newcomer to the department wearing liberal label, will undertake a broad new policy of public and cultural re- lations" which ultimately will em- brace what is envisaged as a peace time OWL" His field will cover an accelerated State Department bid for public support as we'll as a 'salesman's job" among foreign na- tions, it was understood.
 MT. Roosevelt revealed that an important diplomatic post abroad" is in store for Norman Armour, former ambassador to Argentina. There were predictions he would become U. s. Envoy to Spain re- placing Carlton J. H. Hayes-or to Portugal.
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Reds Crash Defense Lines
PAcE FOUR
Continued from Page 1)

arn1ored spearheads of Marshal Fe- odor I. Tolbukhins Third Ulrain- ian Army drove for the opposite corners of the lake.
 Hanks Crumbling
 With their Hanks crumbling rap idly, there appeared only Q slim chance that the Germans and Hun garianS would be able to stand for long on the lake shroes where Ber- lin strategists repeatedly had pre- dicted the decisive battle for cen- tral Europe would be fought.
 Moscow dispatches said Tolbuk- hin's Vanguards hammered out gains running up tc 16 miles yester- day and captured more than 100 occupied places along the curving, 170-mile Hungarian front from the west bank of the Danube 31 miles below Budapest to the Drava river on the Yugoslav border.
 More than 20,00 enemy troops were killed yesterday in series of desperate but short-lived battles across the maze of rivulets and marshes fronting Lake Balaton, and Moscow reported the capture of an- other 5000 Germans and Hungar- ianS in the past three days. Since Nov. 8, Tolbukhin's forces have talk en almost 25,000 prisoners in their sweep toward thAeustrian border.
 The biggest gains were hammered out near the northwestern corner of Ipo $1an CANyintc od- vanced 16 miles to storm and take Sagvar, five miles from the water barrie and 13 miles from the mouth of the 50-mile gateway extending from Balaton to Budapest. At Sag avar, the Russians were 122 miles southeast of Vienna.
 Wheeling up past Sagvar, the Russians pounded ahead toward their next major objective 27 miles to the northwest, where the fortress of Saskatchewan straddles the northern invasion gate.
 South of Sagvar
 Eight miles south of Sagvar, the Russians also beat down fierce en- emy resistance to capture Balyvanos, five miles from the lake.
 At the opposite flank, Tolbukhin'S left wing adavnced 10 miles in the sector west of Kaposvar and seized Nagybajom, GA miles from Austrian soil and 24 miles east of Nagykan- isza, guarding the southern gap Osztopan, II miles to the northwest, also was taken after an eight-mile advance.
 Moscow said the roads behind the fleeing enemy were choked with ref ugees and that thousands of Hun garian civilians were crowding the ferries across Lake Balaton in an effort to escape the battle zone. The Germans were reported conscripting many of the refugees for forced labor on a line of Qualifications across the southern gap, which 1t appeared doubtful could be com- pleted beofre the arriavl of Tol- bukhin's fast-moving army.
 Farther to the south, the Soviets pushed out 12 miles toward the Yu- goslav border opposite Pecs to reach Szigetvar, while on the extreme southern wing they seized the Yu- gaslav town of Mitrovica, ITO miles south of Budapest and 52 miles west of Belgrade on the Belgrade zagreb railway.
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portation because of its geographi- cal position and economical im- portance.
 In applying for permission to operate between New York and Portland. Janas said that on a route Of such length efficient service can- not be given with more than two stops, and that only one might be more desirable.
 "rhe cities under consideration which are most aGsuredly entitled to the benefits Of service by two carriers are Precedence, Worcester, and New Bedford-Fall River" he said. T have been very much ifn- pressed with exhibits furnished by Providence. indicating the Great tFafiic potential Of that city and the consequent need for competitive service to New York. the Boston area and Co Portland" :.
 Janas believed New England Co be fighting through the airline coin- nanlea for her very economic future. The economic life Of New England. hs naid. Naa built cn a varied allo
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 ing the State Department will be made in the near future" MT. Roosevelt promised.
 Senate reaction to the initial ap- pointments indicated prompt con- firmation of the nominees - GA. year-old Joseph c. Grew, veteran ambassador to Japan, as under secretary; and William L. Clayton, GA, the worlds largest cotton broker, Archibald MacLeish, poetry writing liberal and Librarian of Congress, and Rockefeller as assistant secre- taries.
 Y Crews appointment drew especial praise in Congress. Grew is a vet eran in international politics with experience in both Europe and the Far East.
 The new appointments promised by MT. Roosevelt will include addi- tion of two more assistant secretar- les proposed under a house-aproved bill now in the hands of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. It was learned that these posts will be ill., ed by James c. Dunn, now head of the Departments Division of Eu- ropean Affair, and Brigadier Gen. eral Julius c. Holmes, former for eign service official now on the staff of General Dwight D. Eisenhower.
 The State Department changes aroused speculation in some quar- ters that MT. Roosevelt was maybe preparing to make other cabinet congratulations such as the long rumored changes involving secre- tary of commerce Jesse Jones, Sec retary of Labor Frances Perkins and Postmaster General Frank O.. Walker.
 Major Implications
 The major implications of the lat- est moves seemed to be these:
 1. President Roosevelt, more than ever, will be ''his own secre- tary of state"
 2. Stettinius will personally put the finishing touches to this coun- try's part in forming world secur-
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ted crimes just as bestial as the Gestapo's German pilots dive bombing over 2 ance killed thou- sands of fleeing women and chil- dren German naval personn@ torpedoed hospital ships Ger man pilots killed 300 children in Bath, England, knowing that chil- dren were the target .. German scientists developed robot bombs that killed civilians indiscriminately and have helped destroy one of every three houses in England Nazi scientists test poison gases on defenSeless priscners-practice vi- vi-section on Polish women.
 Neutrals who shelter German war criminals will take in warped sad- ists whose only language is force When self-styled good Ger mans" weep crocodile tears and demand democratic justice" they must be reminded of Germans crimes. The joyful German "col- onists" who stole homes and prop GTCy OI 1"z HlllLtOu IeIuBce EO1cS are as guilty as the Storm Troops CTS who rounded up and dis-pos- sessed Subject people" for slave labor camps The 10000 German settlers who forced Czechs to evacu- ate homes around Prague are also war criminals Let's remem- Der that nine-tenthS of all Ger mans supported Hitler vigorously ever since they elected yes, ELECTED - him head of the German state Although hun- dredS of thousands of Germans died for the imperialist government of Kaiser Wilhelm, and millions more have given their lives for the Nazi regime - the worst dictatorship the world has ever seen-not one Ger man workman died for the Republic in 1892, when Won Papen dissolved the PrusSian government.
 Maybe the soft peace boys can prove the Germans would die for democracy tomorrow if we let them rnl their own affairs |. :. But past performance talks-and says No.
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is fighting almost without an air force. It is becoming too thin at too many vital points.
 This doesn't mean, however, that the fighting is all over or that gi- gantic home front efforts and all out battels won't be required. It does seem to rule out victory in Eu- rope this year. If anyone doubts the Germans still are resisting te- naciously, they should study the casualties or appreciate the fact that some of our crack armies even after bitter fighting advance less than a mile per day during careful ly planned well executed offensiveS.
 The Germans are utilizing all their old time skill in retreating to make the process just as slow and costly to the Allies as possible.
 In my opinion this best sums up the position.
 A platoon sergeant of the ar- nored infantry second division of the United States Ninth Army who has been in constant close fighting contact with the enemy in the past ,14 days told me today in a forward area: the Germans are Still nasty rough capable fighters. You've got to kill them-blast them out of buildings and basements one by one or bayonet them and drag them bodily out of foXholes."
 One veteran Scots Major of an assault infantry division of the British Second Army said: "As far as can see there's not the slightest evidence that Jerry intends to quit or pull out until he's forced to. I won't say the Germans can fight indefinitely but until we cross the Rhine and capture the Ruhr he is capable of putting up a hell of g good fight which he undoubtedly will do."
 A Canadian anti-tank gunner who fought the Germans in Sicily, Italy and France aid: Sure we can lick the hell out of the krautS but it's no pushover It will require close body slugging and we've got to take>punishment.
 Officers of two different Amer ican armies told me the offenSives intheir respective sectors were held up for days on account of lack of a full quota of shells. These shortag- es-due probably equally to insuf- ficient production and transporta- ton difficulties-came at a bad time because miserable weather had cut down air bombarementS.
 In one instance an offensive kickoff started virtually without any preliminary softeninng up by air.
 Transportation still is a major problem due to the few channel ports which are in working order. thus forcing the great majority Of supplies to land over open beaches. AS the offshore weather becomes worse it makes the unloading haz- ardous.
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ever, with some members reserving the right to oppose some of the names when they are brought up in the senate for confirmation.
 The committee also approved . bill to create two new assistant sec retaryships, raising the total to six. The two new posts, it was under stood, will be filled by James c. Dunn, chief of the departments $ Europe, division, and Brig Gen. Julius c. Holmes, civil affairs di- rector on the staff of Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower.
 The reorganization of the depart ment was regarded as preparing it for strong" leadership of Ameri- can foreign policy in the critical years ahead. MT. Roosevelt nom- mated the four new officials yester- day = only three days after A year old Edward R. Stettinius, Jr., suc- ceeded Cordell Hull as secretary. Three former assistant secretaries resigned to clear the way for the reorganization.
 lIlC HTSSluS1lb 1CtNd4CO Gl4oG b4AS department would absorb the work of the office of coordinator of inter- American affairs now headed by Rockefeller. There were indications the department may later take in some of the functions of the foreign economic administration and any office of war information activities tha are retained after the war.
 Other appointments strengthening the State Department will be made in the near future" he promised.
 Crews appointment drew special praise in congress, as evidenced by the unanimous committee vote of approval. Tn contrast to Stettinius, a relative newcomer to world diplomacy, Grew is a veteran in in- ternational politics with experience in both Europe and the Far East.
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(Continued from Page D improve relations with the Chinese Communists.
 There was no immediate indica- Stion as to whether the reinforce ments had reached the danger zone around Tuhshan, IT miles southwest of the big American air base of Kweiyang. Tn the Huhshan area, the Japanese were about 200 miles of Chungking ana slightly more than that distance west of Kun ming, headquarters of the U. s. 14th Air oFrce.
 Tn addition to its effect on the admittedly-grave military utsitaion. observers viewed the transfer of the northern forces as evidence of sub- tantial progress toward an under standing, or possibly an outright settlement, between the Kuomin- tang leaders in Chungktng and the Communists. sS&
 While it stlll was too early to say how much progress has been made toward achieving real unity, 1t seemed certain that Chungking's s decision to relax It's vigil over the border region would lehreilvepe border region would help relieve the tension and perhaps pave the way for some concessions on the part of the Communists.
 If a working agreement or com- plete unity between the Kuomin- tang and the Communists can be achieved in the near future, China's ability to continue and intensity her resistance to the Japanese will be increased enormously.
 It was regarded as possible that Q Communist eader might even be included in the Chungklng govern- ment if and when Chiang orders another reorganization of his ad- ministration.
 Chow En.Lai, the Communist del- egate who has been negotiating wttb Kuomlntang lenders in Chungkine for the past three weeks, ls scheds liled to return Co Yenan shortly Go report on the preertss oI hh dla- GliaHlnne.
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Germans throwing uyp as many as 100 planes in groups in an effort to protect the heart of the Reich. A majority of the American force was concentrated in the assault on Berlin and at least 1000 tons of bombs were estimated to have been dropped on the enemy capi- tai
 One Flying Fortress bombardier, End It. Joseph Rozell, said the sky above Berlin was filled with burn ing planes" as the Luftwaffe ran into the bombers' gunfire and the fighter screen in a desperate dive through the undercast which par tially obScured the targets.
 The attack was the 11th major assault by American heavy bomb CTS on Berlin and kept the fortresses and Liberators over the capital for more than half an hour. The specific target at Tegel was the Rheinmetal Borsig Works, one of Germany's biggest munitions plants.
 Seventeen bonnbers were lost in the twin attack on Karlsruhr and Heilbronn, 40 miles to the east.
 The attack followed a great day. light strike by some 5000 American and British bombers and fighters that spread fire and ruin through six of the major railway hubs on which the Wehrmacht depends for it's flow of supplies and reinforce mentS.
 About 1,20O American Flying For dresses and Liberators, covered by another 1000 fighters, spearheaded the daylight offensive with a five pronged assault on railway and in- dustrial targets in Kassel. Soest, Zebra, Giessen and Mainz, all ly- ing in a great arc extending from northeast to southeast of Cologne.
 The RAF hurled 800 11eavies and 300 fighters against the Oberhausen freight yards, one of the prime raiI oa,.fayc ixa fha 3alhr Valley