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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-02-28
WEATHER
Eastern Standard Time)
(By U, s, Weather Bureau)

(by y. D. WeAtueE 0uIcAuJ
Meteorological data for the "a hours
ending 1880 pm, yesterday.
TEMPERATURE
1870 am, Sc, 1880 am, IS. 1880 pm, So,
$50 pm, %.
Maximum TO- Minimum 81, Mean So,
Normal 50.
HUMIDITY
1870 am, 81, 1880 am, 80, 1880 pm, II,
1880 pm, n.
PRECIPITATION .W9a .a-
Total for tae "a hours ending 7:30 pm,
600 inches.
Total since the first OF the month.
GIT inches.
TIDES FOR TODAY
From the Tide Tables published by
High Low
U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey
Wilmington ------------ 1:05a 8:l9a
Masonboro Inlet ----- 1l:23a 5:09a
11:49p 5:28p
Sunrise, $50 am. Sunset, 6:O7 PM,
Moonrise, S:57 am, Moonset, l1:26 pm.
Cape Fear River stage at Fayette-
vile, 29.05 feet.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27.-(R-Weather
buerau report of temperature and rain
tall for the "a hours ending pm. in
the principal cotton growing areas and
Station High Low Prec.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-12-28
WILMINGTON MAN
IN ENGLAND WINS
HIGH ARMY HONOR

staff-sergeant Herbert L. Nc
Kibbin, of Wilmington, ground
crew chief in a British-based Psi
Mustang squadron, figured recent
ly in a surprise presentation OF
the Bronze Star, Army decoration
for ''meritorious achievement in
the performance of outstanding
services" The medal was given
Sgt. McKibbin at a Thanksgiving
dinner held in the unit mess.
A letter from the sergeant to his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. H. L. Nc
Kibbin, of 1908 Chestnut street.
indicated that chief reason for the
award was the fact that one of
the fighter-planes under his crew S
care had flown a total of $50 COM
bat hours without a single me-
chanical failure.
Currently a member of the 355th
Fighter Group, thir USAAF unit
to reach the 500 mark in enemy
planes destroyed, Sgt. McKibbin
entered the Army in 1912 and went
overseas in 1913. Prior to his l.
duction he had been a salesman
for E. c. Dewitt and Co., Chica.
go, Ill. He attended New Hanover
high school.
AS well as the Bronze Star, pre-.
sented with a citation acclaiming
his ability, hard work and ingenui.
ty as "hard to beat" Sgt. McKib.
bin wears the European-Middle
East-African service ribbon with
two clasps.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-12-28
COUNTY NAMES
TAX ASSESSOR

The County Beard of Commits
sioners appointed ]. F. Cox as tax
assessor at the regular meeting of
the board yesterday afternoon, but
one vacancy m this capacity re-
mains to be filled. Tax-listing in
the City and County is scheduled
to begin next Tuesday. Listers
were appointed by the board at last
regular meeting.
A letter from the State Highway
and Public Works Commission was
received by the board, in which
A. E. Brown division engineer, dis
closed that the commission would
inspect drainage systems in the vi
cinity of Sunset Park as soon as
possible. Complaints OF bad drain
age was heard by residents on
Southern boulevard. First COM
plants reached the office of Addi-
son Hewlett, chairman, several
months ago. The last request Tor
action was made to the board Ee-
cember 16.
A request was received yester-
day from residents of the 100-block,
Carolina avenue, Sunset Park, for
improvements to the street. The
matter was referred to the State
Highway and Public Works Com
mission for consideration.
The weekly meeting of the board
was held yesterday instead of last
Monday, which was Christmas day.
The courthouse was closed Tues
day:
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CATS Parachute Arms
To Yanks At Bastogne

port planes which flew from Bri-
tain and France with their cargoes.
The first transport slipped over
the German lines at dawn and
dropped unit of paratroopers to
guide the other CATS to the scene.
Half an hour afterward they
radioed back that they had land
ed safely, bundles of ammunition,
food and medicine were being drop
ped to the surrounded Americans.
The transport pilots encountered
no opposition from German planes,
but flew through heavy groundfire.
They saw four tanks, which they
believed were German, burning in
the Bastogne area, spotted an en-
envy tank column resting by the
road and notified Air Force head
quarters that it was perfect tar
get for fighterbombers
The CAT mission was carried
out without any fighter escort.
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Yank Attack Relieves
Garrison At Bast0gne

Germans already had thrown in a
vast majority of their reserves and
had more than 20 divisions, includ-
ing 10 Panzer granedier divisions.
committed to the battle. It said
the situation now may be re-
garded as past the crisis stage"
According to the latest informa-
ton issued at Allied headquarters
which presented the situation as
of Tuesday morning-American
troops were in possession of both
Ciney and Celles. The latter town,
only four miles from the Mouse,
marked the apex of the German
drive on Sunday. The Nazis ran
tanks through Celles and close to
Ciney, but apparently did not at
tempt to hold them against Amer
lean counterblows.
Hard fighting was reported con-
tinuing. in the sector, with small
groups of German tanks milling
about and apparently probing for
soft spots in American defenses.
The two-pronged German drive
there might have been experiment
tai in nature and in rehearsal for
stronger attack.
American troops reported TAX
ing 1,005 prisoners in a 48-hour
period to noon on Tuesday.
Eisenhower ounter tack
against the German southern
flank resulted in new gains be-
tween Kiekirch and Echternach,
including capture of the village of
Halter, six miles west of Echter-
mach, and nearby Waldbilling. A
German counterattack was re-
pulsed near Halter, and high
ground was won south of Echter-
mach.
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LONDON, De-. 81. - up = The
Brussels radio said tonight that
American relief columns had
reached the American garrison at
Bastogne which had been cut off
by the German advance for more
than a week.
"The relief forces have linked p
with Allied defenders around the
town." the Belgian broadcast said.
Having rejected Nazi ultima
tum for surrender, the trapped
doughboys have been holding out
against tremendous enemy pres
sure and were reported to have tx
en- large toll of German armor il
defense of the town. The Americ an
force is described as stable, but
its number has rot been disclosed.
The besieged troops received
hundreds of tons of supplies, prin-
cipany ammunition, today. It was
dropped from trains of CAT trans
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\OOHtLHueo from rage One)
marshal his first serious setback
since the German drive began and
that smashing American counter
blow was in progress at points
which could not be specified.
All along the northern flank of
the 35-mile-wide salient there were
indie atoms that the Nazis were on
the defense for the moment, said
Associated P e S S Correspondent
West Gallagher. With hundreds of
American and Brit sh planes
searching the roads, he said Won
Rundstedt could not use his tanks
on big scale without risking a
massacre.
News that Gen. Eisenhower had
struck his first serious counterblow
at the Germans after back-track-
ing so miles across Belgium came
on top of the two-day-old informa-
ton that the spearhead of the enc
my drive had been blunted short
of its Meuse river goal.
American forces met h e two
pronged Nazi drive toward the
Mouse in the areas of Ciney and
Celles two days ago and brought
it to halt, knocking out some
enemy armor and compelling Won
Rundstedt's forward tank units to
withdraw from the fartherest west
ward points attained in their 12-
day-old push.
"Von Rundstedt has lost the in
itiative in his great about gamble
to smash through the American
'front.'" Associated Press Core
spondent Roger Greene declared
in a front dispatch.
After touring the rim of the Ger
mans salient, Kenneth Dixon Of
the AP reported, 'the Allied posi-
ton seems the most cheerful since
Won Rundstedt uncorked his coun-
ter-stab."
For the fifth straight day,
swarms of American and British
planes dashed at German troops
and armor in clear, cold weather,
piling roads and snow-covered
fields with the smoking derelicts
of Nazi tanks and supply vehicles
There was strong indication
that Won Rundstedt's extended
forces were short of fuel. OF II
enemy tanks and self-propelled
guns which the Americans found
abandoned when the pushes to
Ciney and Celles were folded back,
at least a dozen had dry gasoline
tanks.
A field dispatch declared the
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Americans Strike Hard
At Fzanks, Nazis Say

sions between the Salm and Our
tie rivers
Berlin, which previously had bas-
ed propaganda on claims that Bri-
fish troops were not taking part
in the defense against Won Rund-
stedt, declared tonight that one of
Field Marshal Sir Bernard L. Mont
gomery's crack divisions had join
ed with still another American
division Withdrawn from the Aach-
en- front in making particularly
grim counteratlacks' in the north.
The enemy broadcast said the
Allied goal in the north was to
crush the German flank with mass
ed forces and artillery near Grand
mesnil."
An earlier German radio COM
ment said the campaign was be-
coming "a battle of attrition."
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-12-28
TEACHER SHORTAGE
HITS SCHOOLS HERE

Public schools in the County will
reopen Tuesday with a shortage
of grammar-grade teachers, Sup
erintendent of Education H. M.
Roland said last night.
Mr.. Roland said that the sudden
shortage was due to quick changes
of family status, and the return
of soldier husbands from foreign
service.
It was emphasized that an eff
fort was being made to secure
teachers with four years of col
lege work, and Mr.. Roland point
ed out that New Hanover county
has been able to hire teachers
with such qualifications.
Although he disclosed the num-
Der of designations to be five, he
expressed fears that more vacan.
cies may appear in the near fu.
ture. Changes in school enroll
ment have not been noticeable, he
said.
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LONDON, Dec. 81. -(P)- The
German radio said tonight that Al
lie dtroops we're striking violently
at both the northern and southern
flanks of Field Marshal Won Rund-
stedt's offensive and that in some
frontier sectors of Luxembourg,
German troops had withdrawn to
outposts of the West Wall (Sieg-
fried Line).
"Battles of the greatest scale"
are being fought on both flanks,
Berlin said.
Practically the whole Third Am
erican Army was counterattack-
ing in the southern sector, accord
ing to the broadcast, with 1t. Gen.
George S. Patton aiming thrust
in the vicinity Of Vaux les Rosters,
nine miles southwest Of Bastogne,
in an effort to corner German divi-
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JAPANESE CARRIER
BAGGED BY SUBS
CONTINUED from Page One)

Continued from Page One)
months ahead it will continue to
speak for itself"
He said that in his opinion the
most significant thing about those
years was the global nature of the
war. He pointed to the tremendous
amphibious operations that have
taken place ali over the world and
remarked that World War II
might well be called the war of
amphibious operations.
Forrestal opened the press con-
ference with a brief statement pay
ing tribute to 'the accomplish
ments and valor of the Army on
both sides of the world and par
ticularly lauded the genius of Gen.
Douglas Macarthur in the Philip
pines. But he stressed that the Ma
Wy played a large contributory part
in enabling Macarthur forces to
''get there"
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JOE STRUCK DUMB
BY NEWS OF BABY
CONTINUED from Page One)

lied what I had said. Then he
grinned, from ear to ear.
Around him other men of his
outfit had awakened and were Of
fering congratulations. Joe sat and
grinned. For an hour he didn't
have a word to say.
The interview went something
like this:
"Well, Joe, how do you feel
about it?"
"Fine, I guess" He thought a
moment. Whats the kids name?
The wife said if it was a girl she
would name it Barbara.
I reminded him that he had ex-
pected twins. He shrugged. II
wouldn't know about that" he
confessed.
"Want to send your wife a little
message?"
Joe squinted. He shrugged
again. IT don't know what to
say"
A husky voice spoke from the
background: Ger Christ's sake!
That amt our Joe, is it?"
Sgt. Walter Mckinney, 81, o.
Washington, D. c., whose father
is the American consul in BARGE
Iona, told Joe it was his chance tt
say something historic, like ven
vidi, vici." Il came, I saw, con
quered.) Joe grinned and shrug
ged.
'Are you glad it's a girl" he
was asked.
Joe had CLAIMED up. He looked
around the circle of his pleased
buddies. 'What the Hell shall
say?" he pleaded.
There were several suggestions
He rejected each in turn.
Finally Joe smiled broadly ant
said: "Just tell her this,'' he in
structed, tell her, I hope YOUR
feeling better, honey, and dom
worry. I love you and miss you.
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COUNCILbISCUSSES
THREESHIFT PLAN
FORPOLICE FORCE
(Continud from Page One)

recommend that 1--WE get behind
the Civil Stvice Board to get 10
Or 10 more men,"
Romeo VI IS quick to assert, "we
don't have the money, pointing
out that til new employees would
cost the C y between $4,000 and
$4,000. (1uing the first three
months of policenan's duty he
draws $3.50, and afterwards
sl77.5O. Equipment and uniforms
boost the seye for each to about
$500 month"; it was explained.)
Vow voica his opinion by CIV
ing four rhsons why the set-up
should connue as it is: "D by
retaining tt night shift, we have
place to punish a man who has
been disobdient. (2) When a man
comes on, lie is inexperienced and
night orAgives him a chance to
obtain the desirable experience.
It's the D actice in all big cities
that a pdcemen works at night
before hedeals with the public at
day. Datime work. is something
to work for. 90 Day work is
considerd somewhat of promo
ton. Afer a man has worked at
night it lis unfair to ask him to
return 4 night work. "a 1t is felt
rhat yohger men are more able
tc do nj hit work. For a man who
plans to spend lifetime at police
work, appears more desirable
to finiS his night work during
the cary part of his service. -
To Rd neo's suggestion that night
Or day duty be accorded on a
seniority basis. Vow asked, do
you want to keep man with in
genuit3 down because the arrange
ment j on a seniority basis
The entire discussion was clos
ed aftr Robert S. LeGwin assert
ed we're paying the chief to
run the department and I want to
see hi Il run it,
City Attorney w. B. Campbell
was instructed to study and recon-
mend possible regulations in con-
nectioi with the time that moving
vans may be permitted to park
bear the intersection of Tenth and
Chestnut streets, and the distance
they may be parked from the in
tersecton. II was brought out
that vans are obstruction the view
at the street corner and creating
a hazard.
The Council promised ito take
under consideration the request
to endorse an amendment to the
Pension Act so as to provide bene-
ITS for Riley D. Smith. who served
81 years for the City. 1t was ex-
planned that Smith, who served
both in the Fire and Water De-
partments severed his relations
with the City in September, 1912,
wnen 81 years old. The act be-
came effective July 1, 1913.
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REGENCY 0KAYED
BY GREEK UNITS
CONTINUED from Page One)

bassy which was surrounded by
American-made tanks and armored
vehicles.
A block away from the embassy,
Alexander, wearing the plum-col-
ored beret of British paratroopers,
stood beside the armored car chat
ting with it's crew.
The dramatic solution-at least
temporary-of Greece's civil pro-
blems which led to fighting be-
tween members of the ELIAS and
members Of the Greek government
aided by British Army, Navy ana
air forces. came one day after
Churchill called a conference to
end the dispute,
1t had been believed the problem
would have to be referred back
to Churchill when the Fam refu. d
to participate in further peace con-
ferences, but the Prime Minister'S
success in bringing the warning
factions together for their f,rst
conferences abruptly ended this
pessimistic outlook.
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Newer Relief For ChiIdren's Colds {
Muscle Tishtness Bel

Pioneer grandma liked to Grub"
her children's colds with "home
rub" containing mutton suet. Such
a rub was her cold reliable" for
relieving chest muscle tightness,
soothing bronchial irritation, loos-
ening phlegm, checking coughing,
easing sting of chapped lips and
nostrils. Today science has modern
lied this principle with Penetro, the
salve with a base containing this
same old fashioned mutton suet,
plus S active ingredients-so now
Grandma's old idea is switching
millions to this newer relief.
Your children will like Penetro
the first time they feel it spread
smoothly on chest, throat, back
it's mutton suet makes it melt in
stantly, vanish quickly. It gets to
work ways at once to make your
youngsters more comfortable-(D
Penetro relieves colds pain as its
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ALLIES UNDERTAKE
POWER OF GERMANS
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and that the German plan was to
fight a defensive action before the
Ruhr Valley, Gallagher reported.
He said officials also claimed the
Luftwaffe was virtually non-exis-
tent and that the enemy's gasoline
shortage and lack Of war material
precluded any large-scale often
sive.
(Gallaher pointed out this W S
not the first time U. S. officers
had failed to judge correctly the
power of the Wehrmacht. A faulty
estimate was made of Field Mar
shall Erwin Rommels forces in Tu-
nisia in February, 1912, just before
the Germans came GU t Of Kaid
pass, he cabled, adding that the
enemy potential also was underes-
timated along the Rapido river and
at the Anzio bridgehead in Italy.
Qn a dispatch from Washington
today Associated Press Writer
John M. Hightower said military
strategists there are now tentative
ly adding three to six months to
their estimates of a date for a
European victory.
CAT first, Allied generals thought
the European phase would end last
fall, Hightower reported. Later on
they set the date at the years end,
then moved it ahead to spring.
Now they talk Of next fall or Win
teri
Although Won Rundstedts break
through achieved tactical surprise,
it came in a region where Allied
troops could best afford to lose
ground. There are no major cities
in central Belgium, and as long as
Allied flanks to the north and south
hold firm, the enemy thrust can Of
fer no great threat to the Allied
source of supplies.
Furthermore, he Luftwaffe' S
surprising new challenge may re-
act to Allied advantage. OF an es'
timated 900 to 700 Nazi planes
which took to the air yesterday,
200 were destroyed.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-12-28
U. S., REDS FAIL
ON AIR LIAlS0N

ROME, Dec. q. -R)- The US.
Air Command in Italy, seeking
olose liaison with Russian military
forces which would enable hun
sreds of 18th Air Force heavy
hor1ber to be employed with maxi
,Y,um effectiveness against the
common enemy, thus far apparent
w has achieved no tangible results
in its overtures.
Close cooperation was attained
sst summer. when 18th Air Force
i,nynbers and fighters as well as
Tiohth Air Force planes shuttled
n bases in Russia, bombing and
straflng Nazi targets en- route.
the desirability of shuttle opera
lions ceased, however when Ro-
n,ania was knocked out of the war
and the Russian armies moved up
info Poland, Hungary, Slovakia and
1yugoslavia. Auth critat!ve sources
here asserted that shuttle bomb
mo was discontinued merely be-
cause it ceased to be profitable
when bases built for U. S. bomb
ors we're left gIsat distances be-
Wind the Russianfighting front and
+he targets between them and Italy
ceased to exist
The problem troubling 1t. Gen.
Ira C .Eaker AID his staff, howev-
er is fighter bases. 1t obviously
would be idea if the Americans
were able to Jase fighters in the
newlv won aea near Budapest
where bomber. could pick up es-
corts while en- route to Germany.
The tactical or forces now are
comDelled to We all the available
oir fields near he northern Italian
battlefront.
elimination II the enemy from
France and tie Balkans and SUBJ
stantially from Hungary has left
tbe 18th Air Foce with only limit
I'd sphere of oer atoms.
If could be atremendous support
weapon for he Russian drive
across Hungar, if adequate iaison
with the Sovet command were
achieved.
Tragic consequences when close
liaison is lac ng were disclosed in
recent announcement that
group of Ame.icdn Lightnings lost
is bearings ad attacked a Rus
star column in Yugoslavia last
month. That vas one of the last
times the Americans tried any tar
get in that motherhood.
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Grandma Switches Millions of Mothers
To Her Mutton Suet Idea For Chest Colds

D06uSt SsShShos sseessSss osS Os.SSs
6 Hailed Everywhere.
mutton suet helps carry medication
to nerve ends in the skin. (2) Re-
lieves muscular tightness and con-
gestion through counter-irritation
Increased blood flow. (3) Loosens
phlegm, eases coughing through
pleasant inhalation of instantly re-
leased vapors
Your child will feel relief so
quickly-as painful misery eases,
as coughing is lessened, phlegm
loosened, chest rawness soothed.
Naturally he'll rest more comfort
ably and give nature a chance to
restore vitality to his little body.
That's why so many mothers are
thanking Grandma for her idea
are praising science for perfecting
it-are going to druggists every
where to buy Penetro. Relieve your
chest cold miseries as millions are
doing-today get your jar of white,
sy-to use, economical Penetro.
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BUY WAR BONDS AND STAMPS
Lemon juice Recipe
Checks Rheumatic
Pain Quickly

II you suffer from rheumatic. arthritis
neuritis pain. try this simple inexpensive hom
recipe that thousands are using. Get q pack
age OF Ru-Ex Compound. two-week supply
today. Mix it with quart Of water. add tn
Juice of 4 lemons. It's easy. No trouble
all and pleasant. You need only 3 tablespoon
sometimes overnight splendid results ar
obtained. If the pains do not quickly leav'
and II you do not feel better. return tn
empty package and Ru-Ex will cost you moth
ing to try as 1t is sold by your druggist unde
an absolute money-back guarantee. RUE,
Compound is for sale and recommended b.
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Allies In Control
OF Front, Pierlot
Advises Parliament

LONDON, Dec. 27.-R)-Premier
Hubert Pierlot told the Belgian
parliament today that IT have it on
the highest Allied authority that the
situation at the front is well in
hand" the Brussels radio report
ed.
1.-The enemy's advance is being
held and Allied counterattacks are
proceeding successfully from both
the south and west" the premier
said. II have all authority to tell
you there is no reason for anxiety.
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TOKYO IS ROCKED
FOR go MINUTES
UNDER BIG RAID
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AS in the previous raids, the
early planes found interrogation
and anti-aircraft fire light, but
later formations reported increas-
ingly heavy resistance in both re-
spects. Fighter interrogation was
the strongest yet, except possibly
for the last raid on Nagoya Deem
Der %.
Capt. Vance E. Black, Fairfax,
Okla, flew the lead ship OF the
first formation. He came in down.
wind and hit the dock area, start
ing large fires, the greatest of
which appeared to be an oil refin-
cry in the industrial area.
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TYRONE POWER TRANSFER
RED

CHERRY POINT, Dec. 27.-R-
First 1t. Tyrone Power, a trans
port pilot in the Marine Corps Re-
serve, has been transferred from
Cherry Point to Ell Centre, Calf
The cinema actor had been sta
toned here six months,