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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-12
City Planning Job Up To People,
Expert Tells Joint Civic Meeting

over depends altogether on
what you want to happen"
He laid before them the sta
kstics and the facts that prove
Wi1mington's decline between
the years of 1920 and 1910. or
until the war stimulus arrived:
During all these years Will
mington was standing still or
declining while other Southern
cities were going ahead"
This happened because you
permitted it to happen; vol
didn't put up fight to prevent
it," he told them.
If you think ysu were fac
ing competition in the period
between the wars. you may pe
sure that competition will be
nothing to compare with what
you will see when the war. is
over he declared, pointing to
specific plans of specific COM
nunities with which he is Ia
miliar.
Competition between cities
is going to be cut-throat," he
assured them.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-12
RE. RED ARMY SEEKS
TO TRAP 100000

LONDON, Saturday, Aug. H.
IA Red Army yesterday smash
ed Is IL miles through German
lines in southern Estonia in a re-
neWed offensive aimed at strang-
ling possibly 100000 trapped Nazi
Baltic troops, while other powerful
Soviet units hurled back the enemy
on a 100 mile front northeast OF
Warsaw in a great wheeling move
ment that swept to within IS miles
of imperilled German East Prus-
STA.
Gen. Ivan Maslennikov's Third
Baltic army collapsed German
lines on a 43-mile front in Estonia
from the edge of Lake Peipus to
a point within lis miles from the
Gulf of Riga, and captured 200 To-
calities, among them the impor-
tant rail and highway junction OF
Petseri, Moscow said.
His troops now were in a position
to swing around Lake Peipus and
force a German withdrawal in the
Narva sector north of the lake,
and drive straight westward to the
Baltic and split in two the 80 Ger
man divisions estimated to be
trapped in Estonia and Latvia by
another Russian spearhead driven
through to the gulf west of Riga,
Latvian capital.
A midnight bulletin said the
fresh squirt in the north was begun
after massive artillery prepare.
ton which dazed the Germans in
their strong dugouts. Then Red in
fantryment swarmed in and dis
lodged them, killing at least 1900
and capturing 300. The Both Nazi
infantry division was among the
units routed the supplementary
Ommunique said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-12
BUDGET ADOPTED
AT WRIGHTSVILLE

The Wrightsville Beach city coun-
.n oIlclally adopted a general
luna budget of $65,613.46 and a
wa ma'ef department budget of $751;
W. 1or the fiscal year of 1944-45
~ ~ a meeting Thursday night, it
was announced yesterday.
A tax rate of $1.60 for the fiscal
year also was adopted.
nefns in the budget are: gen.
s Il administration $8,815; public
W rvsi Isl $4,000; police department
VII. fire department, $4,000;
sanitary department, $9,45O; street
apartment, SIG, $40; debt service,
slu'dSo; contingent fund, So, 72O. 66,
Total Of S65,613.46. In addition, the
appfopriation for the water depart
.le nj. Of s1S,o24, brought the total
10 $3, e37 As,
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-12

1.-THE responsibility for eco
nomic as well as physical plan
ming for your postwar COM
munity lies with your local gov
eminent officials. The planning
board must assume the leader
ship, but it cannot do the job
unless you back it up" Walter
Butcher, executive director of
the American Society of Plan
ming Officials, told 140 busi-
nessmen and local government
representatives gathered yes
terday afternoon at st. Pauls
parish house to hear him.
mo expert can plan for you.
He can only assist you to de-
termine your resources, Blu
cher. emphasized.
There is no use to talk OF
physical improvements until
you make your economic plans.
You must find out what you
can afford, then make def
mite drive ahead"
Butcher told the men that
what happens to the city, eco
nomically, when the war is
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-12
B-29S REPORT
!. GOOD RESULTS

: WASHINGTON, Aug. IL R -
B-29 Suprefortresses chalked up
good results in their twofold
smash yesterday at japanese war
industry in Sufatra and the Nip
ponese homeland, the Goth Bomb
err Command reported today. It
said three Of the aerial giants are
missing and a fourth was forced
down in friendly territory.
A Medium force Of the great
planes was used in each attack
one hitting Japan's greatest source
Of oil the -Pladjoe refinery at Pal
embang; Sumatra, and the other in
dustrial targets at-the shipbuilding
center Of Nagasaki on. Kyushu, one
Of, the. enemy's home islands.
The assault on Palernbang was
described officially as .the long
est bombing mission ever. under
taken The attackers took off
from '::bases in the Southeast Asia
y -, - =" ''T'J
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-12

Held captive in a Manchuri-
an prison camp, the trio escap-
ed on June 81, 1913, and head
ed for the Russian border. For
eleven days they sought to get
{ out of japanese territory, but
finally lack of sufficient food
made them desperate. They
halted a police inspector a n d
asked for something to eat, as
serting that they were German
filters whose plane had crash
ed. The inspector and two Mon
gol companions insisted upon
seeing the crashed plane.
''Enroute, according to t he
japanese version" the Navy
said,T Zone of the prisoners kill
ed the inspector with kitchen
knife and another seriously
wounded one of the Mongols.
"The other Mongol fled and
l tie succeeded in arresting
the prisoners with the aid of
local inhabitants.
3The three prisoners were
tried before a military court
and were condemned to DEATH"
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-12

Are YOU going to3stand still
and take what is happening to.
you. or are you going to do
something about it," Butcher
queried. e -
81 can't analyze your il ills.
You have got to discover your
resources From appearances,
you have transportation ia Gil
tiles. good climate, a. certain
pool of labor: You may also
take into consideration resour-
ces throu ghout the country,
within neighboring counties,
within the state and within
neighboring states in. the form
ulation of your plans. :.
The attitude: of the citizens
can be the greatest asset, he
pointed out by way Of illus
tration. A great community
spirit, and a positive conscious
plan will dictate the pace, Blu.
cher told those who heard him. =
He described community think
ing that reflects exclusively
the attitudes of either ''the
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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-12
TRUCKING FIRMS
=. SEIZED BY 0DT'

WASHINGTON, Aug. IT, R -
The government tonight seized 1O3
midwestern truck companies EN-.
broiled in a strike of Is, 900 drivers,
established federal manager and
ordered all the men back to work
Immediately to avert a traffic bot
tleneck that was rapidly endanger-
ing movement Of military sup
plies.
President Roosevelt ordered the
seizure at $50 pm, eastern war
time. He assigned the Office of De-
tense transportation to conduct the
$50,0O0,000 segment of the truck
industry until the controversy is
settled and said the weight of the
Army would be behind ODT in
its task.
The strikers quit work last week
after the companies refused to pay
a seven-cents an hour wage in
crease ordered by the War Labor
Board. The operators said tn e y
couldn't afford it unless they got
financial relief from the govern
ment.
Col. J.. Monroe Johnson, director
of ODT, said his organization was
taking over actual operations at
midnight and from that time on
the men would be paid the au-
thorized wage. boost, Back Pay
from : November, when. the WLB
order was handed down, will be
given to the drivers only from the
future n ct operating revenue Of
each company Colonel Johnson
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-12
.DOCTO RS DISCHARGE
THREE. POLIO CASES

.s- Only two cases Ct infantile pa
ralysis are not under. quarantine.
in New Hanover county, DR.. A. Il.
Elliot, -city-county health officer
reported last night, ~
The first two cases Of poliomye-
Tits recorded in this county were
Randolph Garter of Lake Forest
and. Edward Meade of, Sunset Park,
who have,been discharged by ply
sicans. The third case, James
Richardson of Ivey. Drive, is now
a patient in the. emergency polio
hospital at Hickory.
: The latest cases, sCarnille
''Micky" Thomas Of Grace street,
who underwent treatment at James
Walker Memorial hospital, was re-
moved. to her home yesterday, and
Jean Taylor of Masonboro Sound,
who has not been admitted to the.
hospital, are the only remaining.
cases under quarantine.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-12
CENSORSHIP LAW
TO BE CLARIFIED

WASHINGTON, Aug. Ii R -
A congressional move was started
today to- clarity the soldier voting
law to permit freer circulation Of
n ews, pictures and speeches
among the troops.
Work was begun on an amend
ment designed to give Army and
Navy authorities wider discretion.
Under interpretations of present
law, the circulation of various
newspapers, movies, books n d
other material is restricted.
In the newest application of the
law, several hundred thousand
copies of the Official Guide to-
the Army Air Force" were banned
from sale at post exchanges. The
ban was ordered because t h e
guides. contained a pen portrait Of
President Roosevelt captiohed
Commander in Chief of the Ar
my and Navy"
There is question as to wheth-
er the picture violates Title v cot
the soldier vote law now that the
President is a candidate" said
Maj. Gen. Alexander D. Surles,
chief of Army public. relations.
AS, it now stands, Title V car.
ries a prohibition against Feaeral
of propaganda bearing
on national election, and Surles
said it was difficult for the Ar
my to, interpret this section.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-12
Pen der Jury
OrdersShQ1v
ToBe Held

BURGAW, Aug. 11.-OP-Ac-
cused of the murder of Mrs.
Violet McGaskill Gore Of KEEL
ly, who died July 8, allegedly
as the result of an abortion, DR..
Colin Shaw, prominent Atkin-
son physician, late tonight
was ordered held for action by
the Fender county grand jury
after a coroner's inquest.
The jury held that Mrs. Gore
came to her death as the re-
suit of an abortion performed
by DR.. Shaw.
DR.. Shaw, who was arrested
two weeks after the woman
died on a warrant charging
murder and criminal abortion,
continued at liberty under the
$5,O bond he posted after his
arrest.
The grand jury will meet
Monday, September Is, when
the next criminal term of Pen
der county superior court con-
venes.
DR.. W. D. Corbe+t of Duke
University hospital testified
that Mrs. Gore, came to her
death from a tear in the womb
in combination with infection
and hemorrhage. He said she
had been four or five months
pregnant.
DR.. Corbett further stated
Mrs. Gore had normal womb
for mother of one child. He
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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-12

- PNSNAtsAoA AOtAAAA4S
spot-at the southern end of the
Philippines, was. under air attack
for the first time since the fall
of Corregidor. +, ,~.
The American determination to
retake the Philippines and to. drive
Japan to unconditional surrender
had been reiterated by President
Roosevelt following a conference
at Pearl Harbor with Gen. Douglas
Macarthur, Adm. Chester W., MINI
itz and other top ranking Paci-
fic commanders.
: Also significant was the an
nouncement of Vice Adm. Rich
mond Kelly, Turner that headquar-
tiers for, Pacific fleet and troop
amphibious forces had been estab-
lshed on. Saipan, deep in Japan's
inner island defenses. 80 !. =.
Saipan, 1875 miles north of Guam
in the Marianas, will be headquar-
tiers, Turner said aboard his flag
ship in the Marianas, until I ca
move farther west ,or northwest.
( West Of; Saipan are the Philip
pines and China. To the: North
west is Japan, -. 49, . 80 ~ !,
Guam, the first American insu-::
ar possession seized by Japan,
was retaken lat "a cost sofs7, 247 cas-
ualties, including 1,214 dead; Ad-.
miral Ninlitz reported. The total
was far below that on Saipan,. first
Marianas- and to be conquered
in the bloodiest ground campaign:
in the Pacific. The U.s. casualty
list for. Saipan was announced as:
1858. ss -;
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-12
nmnabow Man Drovns.
In Northeast Riuer

Ru
NJ; tae body Of Ray Kye, %, Of
'"'innabow, who drowned early
;;as1sleroay afternoon near Rones
,;laho en- the Northeast Cape Fear
LIVER mad not been found last night
~ a, H:5o, according to officials OF
44r .r Sheriff's department.
w. Wilhesses state that Kye, who
T Tas employed by the Mcmillan
lumber company, was approach
ing ing a lumber barge in a small
l lOa' When the craft capsized. Fin
~ ~ Mcmillan, Jr., Is, made an
ss ,ts to rescue Kye, but it was
A. "a Coast Guard patrol has been
Ms.agslng for the body since 5 pm.
Yesterday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-12
Mad Nazi Commander
Driues Men To Death

WITH THE U. S. FIRST ARMY
IN FRANCE, Aug. 11.-<R)-St.
Malo's mad commander, Col. AM
dreas Won Aulock, tough. on to-
day, squandering the lives of his
men in futile battle despite the
third truce since the siege of st.
Malo citadel began. 81
During this morning Won Aulock
appealed for medical supplies and
parties bearing white flags cross.
ed 200 yards of no-man's land.
Five minutes after the truce the
battle was resumed amid q roar q
cannon fire,
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-12
Postwar
Statel
Final Ter
ss5 BILL REJECTED
Coalition Votes To Have
No Federal Standards
For Pay To Jobless

WASHINGTON, Aug. IL.
-(P)-With a Republican,
southern Democratic coalition
in command, the Senate pass
ed overwhelmingly tonight q
Estates rights" postwar re-
conversion bill after rejecting
49, to Is, the Murray-Kilgore
measure setting up federal
standards of unemployment
compensation.
The vote on final passage was IS
to 10.
.North Cardinals Sen. Robert R.
Reynolds voted against the George
amendment. The states other Sem
ator, Josiah Bailey, was paired for
the amendment.)
The approved measure, sponsor
ed by Chairman George D.-GaD
of the finance conmitte, sets up
an Office of War Mobilization and
Reconversion under a presidential
ly-appointed director to coordinate
planning for the gigantic switch
back to a peacetime economy.
1t embraces a provision extend
ing postwar unemployment COM
pensation coverage to $500, 900
employees of the government, in adj
dtion to the millions now covered,
but leaves the fixing of rates to
the states. Under it the govern
ment would reimburse states or
payments to ex Federal workers
and set up a Feeral fund to guar
antee the soivency of state unem-
ployment systems.
The rejection of the Murray-Kil-
gore bill, setting up much broad
er Office of War Mobilization and
Adjustment, came on an indirect
vote by which the Senate substitu-
ted provisions of the George bill
for sections of the rival measure
which included the Federal job
=@-ss pay plan. s. -
In an eleventh hour effort to
overcome opposition, the Murray
Kilgore bill proponents reduced
from $35 to $25 a week the pro-
posed maximum benefits payable
under its terms.
But, with the votes in their poo
kets, and the White House keeping
hands off, the opponents of the
White House keeping hands off,
the opponents OF the measure were
in no mood for a compromise.
The George bill now goes to the
House for action with indications
that it will be referred to the ways
and means committee for .consid-
Grafton early next week.
It provides for a Rehabilitation
setup which sponsors say carries
out recommendations of the Han
cock report drafted at the sugges-
ton of President Roosevelt. The
director of the new agency would
work with an advisory board of IL
members, thre each from industry
labor, agriculture and the public. /
A joint committee of Congress
would maintain a continuous sur
veillance' over the rehabilitation
program.
Abs ent from the bill were ALL
CLIO proposals under which work.
ers would be given six months vo-
cational education at government
expense with payments for subsis-
tence while going to school. |
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-12
PUSH ON JAP BASE

oOU IfEASI ASIA COMMAND
HEADQUARTERS, Handy, Cey-
lon, Aug. 11.-lR>-Chinese troops
and Kachin (Burmese) .evies have
driven seven miles south of cap
tured fMyitkyina in a new push
toward Bhamo, Japanese base on
the lrrawaddy river 70 miles far
ther south, Allied headquarters
announced today,
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-12

.
To the Aleutians, made On his first
Pacific travelling of the war. He
came by warship, by way of Homo
lulu. The Chief Executive praised
members Of The armed forces par
dcipating iii the Aleutian campaign
ind constru ion program. He said
itey had dri5ea out the enemy and
hid built wv military naval and
air bases on o.u:e remote, barren
islands in an incredibly short time.
Accompanied by Vice Adm.
Frank Jack Fletcher. commander
of the North Pacific, the President
made a tour of the islands install
lations.
He expressed wish that the
neople back home could see what
had been done.
The japanese, he said, would
never again be able to threaten
North America with an Alaskan
invasion.
Mr.. Roosevelt's impromptu re-
marks were made at an informal
lunch at an enlisted mems mess,
where he made noon stop during
the inspection tour.
He said he considered some parts
of the United States overpopulat-
ed and predicted that many sol
diers and sailors would seek new
homes in Alsaka after the war.
The territory's great size and
known resource, he added, invited
settlers.
The President did not discuss
any specific war plans for this or
any other theaters. Neither did he
comment on the national political
campaign, in which he is the ma
tional Democratic nominee for a
fourth term.
All of those eating lunch with
the Chief Executive-except the
Navy base commandant and the
army post commandments en-
listed soldiers, sailros and marines.
A proportionate number of Negroes
were mixed throughout the long
mess hall.
The chatsy, smiling commander
in.chief ate from the navy regula-
ton, metal serving tray. He was
seated between two youthful pri-
Yates first class-a red haired
Marine from Arkansas and trim
soldier from New Jersey.
William Golf, the 19-year-old Ma
rine whose father is foreman of
the ice company at Batesville, Ark. |
conversed easily with the President
in response to questions.
The 2O-year-old soldier, Ferdi-
nand Butcher, Of Irvington, N. j.,
provided and Lighted an after
lunch cigarette for the President.
He grinned happily when his flint
lighter worked on the first try.
Another member of the armed
forces singled out by the President
during the day for special notice
was navy nurse. She was 1t.
G.g) Margaret Richard, whose
family, formerly of Baltimore, now
lives at Woodside, Long Island, N.
Y.
Mr.. Roosevelt stopped the line
OF inspection tour automobiles in
'front.' of the Navy dispensary,
where the blue uniformed nurses
stood at attention with other off,
GERS and men of the hospital unit.
Lieutenant Richards, called to
me Side of the Presidents auto
mobile, answered questions con-
cefnlng operation of the dispen-
Sary.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-12
Invasion Spotlight
Probes Philippines

GENERAL HEADQUARTERS SOUTHWEST PACIF-
&C. Aug. 1lThe Philippines stood today in the full
glare of the Allied invasion spotlight Guam, likely spring
board for American amphbious strike the northern
end of the archipelago completely in American hands,
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-12
Roosevelt Visits
Aleutian Islands
President Sails From Honolulu In Cruiser
For Surprise Trip To Alaskan Bases

ALEUTIAN ISLAND BASE Alaska Auo (no
-President Roosevelt paid this Aleutian base
surprise Visit today and in turn surprised by what
he saw He said he was thrilled and gratified.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-03-02
THOMAS JEFFERSON

The principal ohjecuVeS OF all
ieadefS ana members "I "'""''l"'" III
DOT are /" h''i' -A'Ii'' '''" N"' N'ln 'i''
men ana 10 Hi;illlaih American I'h"I
StaluiiruN.
In order to maintain the liberty of
individuals and the freedom of labor
unions, all members or organized labor
must develop united front in the field
of political action. At the present time
anti-uni0n employers, only 10 per cent
"i Wl"hl are pl'lef-ehG"FH' al" urging
uIiloii-h"tlii| law Niii'NerS III "ii2t'NS 10
pass ''''''. "'"l' Id" winch ""u'"
'hNi"N' ""'N''H 40 Ii''N' p'"IItN '"'
pilN"i' i'uuN''H' ms N""'" "' l"N"'-
"lltafN N"F' '''""' "hith l" ''i''Il'! L"
ti'e Iul"iii''l'"l plIic'l'l'9 "l our
'"ilH'llu''"li d'lf r'i'u%i''lI' |" the
dehl"cia'I' 'o''iH i"r Ni'c'l our pfHN'
heroes are ISH'lilS' lhe heNt way 10
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NATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF OPERATIVE porTERs' BUILDING

m pd vi in
y a not tn tat gaaton eIpt
th ght d dW dtytrdr respective eInclU
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135,O0O IN PALESTINE UNIONS

London ULNS). - Approximately
123oOo Jews and 10000 Arabs were
enrolled in trade unions and similar
societies in Pale>tin" at the end ri
1912, Col. Oliver Stanley. Colonial
Secretary, told a que>tioner in Com
mons. OF the Jews. about 100000 are
members of the Histadruth while the
remainder are affiliated with the small
or labor bodies. The Arabs are organ
lied in , societies. with ScattrringS in
several smaller ones.
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full government cooperation in the de-
yelopmcnt of their program.
To Begin In : Cities
BY the terms of the joint agreement,
which was signed by Abraham Blue
stein and Leo porliS directors OF the
AFL and Go relief agencies, labor
will endeayor to aid in the elimination
of such wartime difficulties as INSULT
CiCnt housing, inadequate health facil-
tiles, and the absence of facilities for
care of children Of working mothers.
! conditions of this nature, according to
le agreement, have impaired the
deficiency and Well-bcing Of war
workers.
The plan Will be put To work at once
in I key communities, chosen afte,
careful study as typifyin% the prob
lens 90 be met in Industrial CentprS all
over the country. These key cities and
areas are Bridgeport Conn.,: philadel.
phia, Detroit, Chicago, san Diego
Calf: Cleveland and Akron Ohio
and ST. Louis. From this beginning
the program will gradually be eX-
tended in scope until it has been put
into effect on a nationwide basis, ii
was said.
THE community. labor and govern
mrnt are faced with the responsibility
of aiding in the solution of community y
and other problems which are burden
ING war workers" declared the Joint
nf l,,
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Buv Union Label Goods

Take not from The mouth of labor
the bread it has earned. 1t hehooveS
us 10 avail ourselves of every oCCa-
sion for taking off the Surcharge Of
offices and expense government
that it may never be seen here that,
after leaving to labor the smallest
portion of its earnings on which it
can subSiSt, government shall itself
consume the residue Of what ii was
instituted To guard
THOMAS JEFFERSON.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-03-02
UNIONS CAN BE BIG HELP

New York City (LNS-In to reduce absenteesm in
production and fight the growth of juvenile delinquency
industrial centeI the Labor League for Human Rights and the
National CO War Relief Committee official relief organizations
OF the At and CO have concluded Joint calling for
intensified trade union a patton community effort to solve
these problems, the two organizations announced here.
Joseph D. Keenan, president of the Office of Labor Pro-
ducon War Production Board has concued the agreement
reached the labor and has
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-03-02

IT would be- best for the American
people if its better men We're much
boider in fighting for our democratic
ideals AZ home as we'll aS abroad.
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