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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-17

At the end, coast defenses were stopping 70
per cent of them, and inaccuracies reduced
to per cent the bombs that reached the
target.
The toll in lives and property, though not
so great as in the raids of 1904, was ire
mendous.
But II the attacks cost the Allies and Lon
don heavily think OF what the Germans paid
for the attempt and the defeat. Frustrated in
the beginning through superior intelli-
gence and air power, they were unable to
launch the flying bombs in time to achieve
the maximum results.
But the most damaging result of the
abortive vengeance was the fact that, having
put all their eggs in one basket, they had to
sit by and see the eggs smashed. Airplane
and other production was cut back to make
flying bombs. They were sold and oversold
to the German people. But the physical and
psychological punch was blocked The miracle
weapon wound up dud. And Germany took
long step closer to defeat.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-17
Congressional
'SUTTLETIES
The inside on the Washington scene Of
interest to the Car0linas.
BY HOWARD SUBTLE
Star-News Washington Bureau

WASHINGTON, Sept. 1.-two North Caro-.
lnians who head important house committees
regard the pre- election recess slated to
start next week end as merely an opportunity
to catch up on some important committee
work
Rep. Robert L. Doughton, Of Laurel Springs
chairman of the House Ways and Means COM
mittee and head of the joint Senate House
Committee on Taxation, expects to devote at
tention to the joint groups study of postwar
taxation problems.
Rep. Graham A. Barden, of New Bern chair.
man of the House Education committee, looks
forward to more time for collaboration with
representatives of Americas Institutions OF
higher learning in an investigation, authorized
by the house. of the problems of the colleges
in universities.
Doughton and his colleagues have reduced
the problem of postwar taxation to very
fine point, wherein they seek to determine the
amount of taxes necessary to meet govern
mental expenses and the amount OF anticipat-
ed national income.
Working on this basis, Doughton believes
they can arrive at a postwar tax program
that will enable both large and small oper-
tors to peace time business institutions to
make more specific plans for the future.
Barden's suggestion that leading educators
be brought in to assist in formulation OF a
postwar education program for the nation
universities and colleges, when adopted,
brought the enthusiastic cooperation of the
National Education association, from which
IL prominent men were appointed as an ad.
visory committee. DR.. Francis J. Brown is on
leave from the New York university faculty
to direct the study.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-17
Russia And Pacific War

| Naturally the decisions reached at Quebec by
President Roosevelt and Prime Minister
Churchill on further operations against
the Japanese cannot be made public But
it is to be taken for granted that with Hitler
defeated in Europe Great Britain will 60 all.
out with us to defeat Hirohito. That has been
assured by the British Premier almost from
the start of the conflict
What is Of greatest public concern is the
attitude of Russia after victory in Europe
Will Russia then take a hand in the
war in the Far East, either through partici-
patton OF her armies or by providing Siberian
bases for her American and British Allies?
The concensus is that Stain will not withhold
his hand when his forces have played their
important, in fact their indispensable, part in
overpowering Germany. Russian interests in
the Orient are so great it is inconceivable that
Stain should refuse material aid in defeating
Japan which, unconquered, would continue 10
menace the peace and safety of all peoples
and geographical subdivisions in the Asiatic
area
It will be to Russias advantage to continue
at her Allies side until peace has been re-
stored throughout the world. In the mean
time, it is well to remeber that because Rus
sia's Siberian forces have delivered a number
Of effective border blows the japanese have
not dared skeletonize her armed units in Man.
churia but has dept them practically immobi-
lied there lest the Russians progress from
border incidents to major attack
Despite the removal of some divisions from
Manchuria for action in the Hankow- Canton
railroad area, Japan has still many more
divisions there which without the threat of
Russian assault could long have been in SER
vice elsewhere and which have to be supplied
continually with food and munitions needed
far to the SOUTH
Russia has had part in the Pacific war to
this extent Will Russia come in more active
ly, when Germany has been beaten? The
question presses for an answer, which can
come only after the European phase of the
World war has been concluded.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-17
Victory In Second Blitz

Another story of resourcefulness and rugged
courage has come out Of London - the story,
Of the victory Of the second bltz, II is nor.
haps even more inspiring than the accm,n+s
of the first Battle of Britain. For here I'm.
dons defenders were confronted with re,v
weapon, unpredictable, stealthy, speedy nm.
Affected by weather. It demanded ne,u
eountermeasurs.
The betaild story now tells how these COIN.
ter-measures worked. And it reveals that even
before Allied troops in France blocked
off the robot coast British brains and effort
and American cooperation had already beaten
the flying bomb.
There were 80 frightful days of the second
blitz. But the passing weeks brought promise
Of victory. In the first month, defenders were
able to bring down 40 per cent of the missiles
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-17
Coming Back

One of these days the doorben will ring and
there once again, like the first robin Of spring,
will be the Vanished American. You remem-
Der, the CHEEKY and persistent citizen with
the sample case of brushes or hosiery, or per-
haps a mechanzed carpet sweeper. We won't
say when that day will come, for fear of
being called complacent. But come 1t will.
And typical chapter in American life will
be resumed.
Plans must be shapins up already. For it
would be great mistake to think that recon-
version will begin and end at the factory.
Even now the general staff Of door-to-door
craftsmanship probably has the maps spread
out and is bordering new strategies and tao
tics for the day when the about campaign Of
persuasion moves forward again into every
street and countryside.
Canny consumers would do well, then,
to reconvert their thinking into peace
time channels. Otherwise they may run into
some early pitfalls The first one probably
will be the false aura of cordially that is
bound to pervade the resumption of 'front.'
stoop merchandising.
The Vanished American, returning to his
appointed rounds, will certainly be welcomed
rs the Americans were welcomed in
Paris. Maybe his wares won't be dreams OF
streamlined transparent plastic. But to the
housewife, down to the last bristle of the
vegetable brush and reduced to welding a
broom, they will look like the dawn of brave
new world.
This won't last of course. The encyclopedia
vendor will follow the Fuller Brush man. The
vacuum cleaner salesman will be succeeded
by the boy who is working his fathers way
through high school by means of magazine
subscriptions. The big parade will be on.
So If she is forward looking, the housewife
y even now will be brushing up on her
sales resistance She might practice up on that
old Scandinavian housemaid impersona.
ton she used to use when the salesman ask.
ed, "Are you the lady Of the house?" Tha,
always eased the shame of falsehood with q
touch of ight-hearted drama. She might give
some thought to her neglected footwork. fo,
1t takes speed to beat the salesman's foe r.
that strategic territory between the door an6
the janb.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-17
EASTERN TOBACCO
AVERAGE BOOSTED

WILSON, Sept. 18.-LP - The
war food administration and the
State Department of Agriculture
said today that despite lower quail
-ity offerings, flue-cured tobacco
in North Cardinals east
ern belt increased their average
by $1.13 during the sales week end
ing Friday.
Averages for some leaf, sn1ok-
ing leaf, and cutter grades were
up 81 to So over the previous
weeks quotations, VIA said
Some printing grades showed 81
increases, while limited offerings
of green primings showed a de-
crease of from 81 to SO. However,
the bulk of sales brought from $40
to $46.
The volume of sales was heavy
every day during the week, with
80, 495, 631 pounds being marketed
at an average of $41.91 per hun
dred. This brought the season
gross sales to 77,702,072 pounds,
which averages $41.50, or So under
thes price ceiling.
Offerings during the week wer=
composed of considerably larger
percentage of low and common
qualities and correspondingly
smaller proportion of fine, gooc
and fair tobaccos, VIA said. A
large increase in the percentage
of leaf grades sold resulted in this
group becoming the predominant
offerings for the first week this
season.
War prisoners were being usec
on some of the markets and in
some factories in an effort to re-
lieve the labor shortage.
VIA said some tobacco" still re
manned to be harvested in the belt
while the U. S. crop reporting
boards Sept. l forecast for type
IL is for 367, 40, 900 pounds, an in
crease of 30 per cent over 1913.
Average prices on a Limited
number of representative U. S
grades, with changes from the
previous week:
| Leaf: Good orange SAC unchang
ed; fair orange $46 up one; low
orange $44 unchanged; common
orange $42 unchanged; common
green (orange side) $35 up one.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-17
Origin OF Jobs

The job producing possibilities of foreign
as yet fully understood by the people of the
United States. For example, many of our most
important employing industries export from
10 to 50 per cent Of their production.
Robert H. Patching Vice-President, W. R..
Grace & Company, gives figures which are
OF interest to workers everywhere They show
that automobile exports accounted for / %
months of the total annual EMPLOYMENT in
That industry; for two months employment in
agricultural implements and machinery: ia
rnonths IN the tractor industry; 4 1-3 months
IN the power-driven machinery industry; 1 10
months in the printing and bookbinding in
dustry These examples are typical of many
others.
The United States cannot produce all the
tnlngs 1t needs. Nor can it consume all the
'nlngs II must grow and make in order. to
provide high level of employment, Exports
and imports are bound to assume larger
Importance to the national welfare in terms
OF employment - jobs' said Mr.. Patchin.
1NHo oAS AioL 1llC1 ely LIlOSe In Held
or factory. Every item of export and import
trade requires an infinite variety of labor
and service before during and after the
article takes form For this reason no salts.
factory enumeration is possible of the amount
OF employment in maxiaours or the number
OF jobs for which our foreign trade is resnon,
sloie. Many agricultural products enter into
manufactured exports, but are not credited tn
agriculture in export statistics. VASTLY more
corn is exported in the form of lard and oors
than in grain
american exports create EMPLOYMENT from
'ne Tune hoe is struck in the ground
OF ton OF iron ore is taken from the earth
until loaded aboard ship and delivered in
foreign market. And this is tue of innnor+s
as well as exports. For an imported article
from the time it is landed on the dock
creates labor Those planning Jobs for re-
turning soldiers and sailors, and workers re-
leased from war industries, should realize +ha
foreign trade is vital to domestic pros
perity.''
1t is well for our citizens who NAV live
ana work and produce a thousand or more
miles from our seaports. and who have neve,
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-17
Rhineland, Penetrated
By Allies, Is Sore Spot

to move westward and capture
Verdun.
Nature presents the Allies with
number of useful routes to fol.
low through this central section Of
the Rhineland.. Such important riv.
ers as the Mosel, Hahe, and Glar
w nd northeastward through
ranges of hills and mountains, tt
meet the greater stream of the
Rhine. Railway and highway com
munications run more or less. par
allel with the rivers and strike of.
between them, forming consider
able network.
The Rhineland has long been one
of Europe's political sore spots anc
potential sources of conflict. Wes'
of the rivers central and upper
stretches lie the Alsace and Lor
raine regions, tossed back a n c
forth between Germany ane
France.
After the First World War, the
German Rhineland was occupied
by the Allies. Under the provisions
of the Versailles treaty, the north
ern section, with Cologne Koln)
was to be occupied for five years;
the central area, with Koblenz, fol
ten years, and the southern area
with Mainz, for fifteen years
Moreover, 81 f.lile strip east o,
the Rhine was ordered demilita
rized and tn. Germans forbidden
to build any Notifications in t h {
Rhineland or to assemble German
troops there.
AS it turned out, all of the Alice
troops were withdrawn from t h {
Rhineland by the end of 1880. Ir
1886, Nazi Germany repudiated the
agreement not to militarize n {
zone and dramatically marched
troops into the region. That same
year, the Nazi government alst
denounced the Versailles treat,
provisions which had declared in
ternational the Rhine and othel
. important German waterways.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-17
|UNRRA FINANCES
TO Be DISCUSSED
BY SIGRID ARNE

MONTREAL, Sept. Is. - Up -
Representatives Of the A nations
today prepared to discuss the cri'
teal problem of whether UNRRA
money should be used for the aid
Of Italy, a question that may bring
to light sharp differences OF opn'
ion among the delegates from Al
lied countries.
Help for Italy would represent
a major change Of policy in tho
United Nations relief and rehaOl'
litation administration and oDsefv'
ers said the issue may cause heat
ed discussions as the council mem.
bers began to plan the care pl
millions of Europeans caugnl III
the path of war.
The European members, led by
the Norwegian group, plan to s'aaa
solidly against UNRRA -ellef l Gl
Italy. They point DOT tat sooula
UNRRA's policy be changed "
permit the use of Allied money III Il,
Italy. They point out that snou!u
similar expenditures in GERMANY
procedure which the men HUN
Europe invaded nations oppose
On the other hand, the Unl'su
c+.+a. and tho limited Kingdom,
tht two largest contributors ~
UNRRA, now have armies IN l'd !i;
These armies are forced, Tor mn,
tary expediency, to finance 'D'
administer relief to Italy. i,
The opening wedge Tor collS. ~.
Grafton of Italy was made thlS a..
ternoon by the United states . e,
preventative, Dean Acheson' as.! ,
tant secretary of state. Acne ~.
requested the council, in us l.a Nv
plenary session, to set up two h r..
conference committees; OnS ~ y,
policy and one for procedure b0a.
are in erpreted by observe "a =,
being the necessary machneiS -. ~
consider the problem OF rellei -
Italy.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-17
Egg Ceiling Prices
To Be Released Soon

RALEIGH, Sept. Is. - (R)-A
simplified schedule of ceiling
prices for eggs to be effective in
81 eastern North Carolina coun-
ties will be released soon by the
Office of Price Administra ton S
district heaquarters here, it We
announced today.
t. S. Johnson, OPA district d.
rector, said the district would be
divided into two zones under thu
new regulation, replacing the cur
rent and more complicated reguIa-
ton, and egg prices for the entire
year will be covered.
Under the new regulation ceiling
prices for eggs will be reduced
in eastern counties, he said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-17
Butler Heads Negro
Division Of Chest

E. M. Butler, insurance man,
was elected to direct the work Of
the Negro division of the Com.
munity Chest, at a meeting of ne
gro committeeman held yesterday
afternoon, it was announced by w.
Ranald Stewart, general campaign
chairman. - :
Other officials of the negro divi-
sion will be B. T. Washington, gen
eral secretary, principal Of Willis
ton primary school; R. F. Lee,
treasurer; H. Cal Moultrie, publ
city.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-17
TIT0'S PARTISANS
ENVEL0P VALJEV0

BARI, italy, Sept. 16.-LR-
Strong elements of Marshal Tito's
Yugoslav partisans pushing north
ward west of the Morava river
against scant opposition have en-
veloped Valjevo, captured nearby
Slovac and taken Lajkovac, the
latter only "a miles southwest OF
Belgrade, Yugoslav capital. it was
learned here today.
On the way they occupied Raw
ma Cora, former headquarters oil
the Serbian Chetnik leader, Gen
Draja Mihailovic, who now is
caught between the partisans and
the Germans and facing almost
certain capture by one or the 9th
err.
At the same time other forces
operating from the Adriatic fort.
ress of Wis completed the liberia.
ton of three more important Dali
matian islands, including Korcu
la. The largest in the group, Brac,
had been cleared earlier of the
enemy after a bitter four-day
fight.
The capture of Lajkovac, only %
miles from the point where the
Belgrade-Sofia railroad and high.
way run side by side placed them
in an excellent position to cut eff
the last escape route of strong
German garrisons at Mis-, Lesko-
vac, Kraljevo, and Krugujevac,
which also are threatened by com
bined Partisan-Bulgar forces NOV
ing westward from Prot and by
elements advancing up the line>
of communication from the. south
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-17
Hyde County Crops p
DAMAGED By Storm

RALEIGH, Sept. 1e.-GR-Dam.
age to crops in Hyde county from
a storm which swept through the
coastal counties on Thursday, has
peen estimated at $780, 900 by J.
r. =. woodland, county agent in
~Woedard said that all cotton
winch had not been picked was a
total loss. Soy beans were severe.
~ damaged. while pecan, and 9TH
er frult trees were damaged as
much as rs per cent,
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-17
Japs Surrender Barrier
OF Upper Chindwin R''s

SOUTHEAST ASIA COMMA l.y,
HEADQUARTERS. HANDY Ch ~.
LON, Sept. 16-'RHThe Japan N,
apparently have surrenderea ,os,
great natural barrier of the upps
Chindwin river in western nU-"
and still are in flight eas'S'"
headquarters announced TO-DAY. ~,
Patrols of the British l4th an.
braved the monsoon-swolleh 4,
rents of the Chindwin, crosseu -,
the east bank and found thd' n.
1000 to 5000 survivors Of an NJ
fated invasion of India from upp'
Burma had vanished. II
Moving up to the rivers ,s wv,
bank in force, the British lous, ,
hundreds Of enemy dead and sur ,,
stragglers - the same evloe ..i
of disintegration that has r1,alM a
the Japanese route of retreat ca a.
ward from the Allied base OF ~
phal which these forces hopeo
seize.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-17

The War
BY KIRKE L. SIMPSON
Associated Press War Aua,

QUEBEC-Tnis mid.septe,t.
weekend goes into history red
lettered with significance 7.
the end of the war in Eurona
preaching swiftly and here Il
Quebec the end of the war in "
completely mapped.
From here on the labors of :.
men who lead the United Nst;a Wy
fellowship will be no less ard,"'
the problems that confront w.
no less grave. But tnev bar an
reached a turning point IN w s
struggle SO far advanced IN w., |s
road to military victory over o. a'
many and Japan alike that ~
rest can be lett confidently 70 ss s
fighting men while national lsss M
ers turn to planning the ways snI
means, political, economic a a-4
social, to secure and consolidst.
the final assured triumph .as
out of it to fashion ENDURING ns, au
for the world. f's
Talk Next Steps
That was the evident preoccpn,.
ton Of President Roosevelt an a
Prime Minister Churchill AZ ,,a a
closed out their personal share !.
the military deliberations h.,
brought them again to oueba.
They had stamped their necesSs'n
approval upon the broad stratea,
design for victory over Japan ~
most within hours of their arriv.,
mere less than a week ago. Thew
had also exchanged ideas IN.
formally on the next necessary
steps to be taken in Europe-anJ
particularly in Germany - when
Russian and Allied armies nav.
trampled out between them III.
last vestigate of Nazi armed 70,
sistance.
the war maps about them At
the conference headquarters in III.
grim old citadel OF the vast Cha,
teau Frontenac showed slmos,
from hour to hour startljns
changes all pointing to early vic.
tory in Europe, and to crumbljps
japanese sea defenses.
Speculation ran rife in Quebec
when the conference assembled
here as to whether part of its
duty would be to name an overall
Allied commander for the wal
against Japan or for the Pacific
sector of that war. No such pur.
pose, it developed, was on In,
Quebec agenda. The Pacific COM
mand question had peen settled
long in advance.
Nor can there be any doubt that
Macarthur is fully satisfied with
the share now assigned him, i.
recapture of the Philippines. That
will be made clear in due cours.
when the division of duties be-
tween Allied theater commanders
in Asia from the Pacific 10 The
Indian ocean, and to China can
be revealed.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-17

With American troops reported
inside the German frontier at the
point where France, Luxembourg
and Germany meet, the Rhineland
again takes it's place as history.
making region of Europe
The German Rhineland, says the
National Geographic Society. in.
cludes territory along the more
than 400 mile course of the Rhine
river as it flows through or along
the border Of Germany.
In its upper, or southern reaches,
the Rhine follows roughly halt Of
the Franco-German b oun r y
line, which thrusts deep v east
ward into Germany North OF the
halfway mark, tn e river flows
northward away from the border
then turns west marking off q
broad area OF the west central
Rhineland, nearly 100 miles across,
as measured from the Yanks
opening wedge.
In this general region some o.
Germany's most valuable n {
productive country is found. Il
holds the industrialized Saar Dis
trict, adjoining the French from
tier. which produced more t h a r
100000 tons of coal annually. Its
fertile farmlands along the Rhine
and other river valleys normally
provide barley, wheat and h I
grains, potatoes, tobacco, grapes
and other fruits. In its many com
mercial and manufacturing cent
ers, such as Mannheim, Frankfurt
Mainz, and Kobelenz, machinery
and chemicals, leather goods, en-
gines and other automotive prod
ucts have been turned out for Ger
many's once powerful war ma
chine.
Near Saarbrucken, iron and stee
center of the Saar District which
in 1885 voted to return to the Reich
German troops in June, 1910, broke
through the French Maginot Line
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-17
PLANS TO WE'D

HOLLYWOOD, Sept. Is. -(P)-Z
Singing screen actress Marilyn
Maxwell will be married in New
York at 5 pm. tomorrow to radio
and film player John. Cdhte, she in
formed her studio by telephone to-
day. The ceremony will be per-
formed at the little church around
the corner.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-17
GOING TO ITALY

NEW YORK, Sept. l6..-R)-Do.
mestic relations cour+ Justice In.
venal Marchisio, president of Am.
erican Relief for Italy. Inc, said
today he would leave soon for TIA.
ly to administer distribution OF
shipments of food, clothing and
medical supplies
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-17
OLDEST MEMBER

s i, N WI WILKESBORO, Sept. Is,
North Wilkesboro Kiwa.
ms club today laid claim to the
oldest member of the Kiwanis in.
ternatlonal. John E.. Luther, who
celebrated his 101st birthday few
Gays ago, Joined the LOCAL club yes
terday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-17
TOP OF THE MORNING

You who like to play at Bible,
Reading piecemeal, hit or miss,
Now 4 bit Of John or Matthew,
Now a snatch of Genesis.
You who treat the crown Of writings,
As you treat no other book
Just a paragraph disjointed, i
Just crude impatient look
Try a worthier procedure,
Try broad and steady view;
You will kneel in very rapture
When you read the Bible through!
MISSIONARY MONTHLY.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-17
The Road To Berlin

fBy The Associated Press
Western Front: 315 miles from Stolberg).
2Russian Front: 312 miles Gron outside
Pultusk).
s-Italian Front: 583 miles from below
Rimini),
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-17

The worlds first electrically run
railroad train was operated in the
United States in 1887