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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-02-19
Powerful American Forces
Battle Japs on Eniwetok;
7ruk Still Being Blasted
Baltic Outlet
Seen as Goal
For Russians

Washington. Feb. l9-INS -
There is a growing belief in respon-
sible diplomatic quarters in Wash
ington today that Russia wishes 10
acquire koenigsberg. capital OF
East Prussia, as a Soviet outlet TO
the Baltic Sea after the war.
Acquisition OF Koenigsberg is be.
lieyed TO be part OF Soviet plan TO
separate East Prussia from Ger.
many. There have been persistent
reports recently that Russia fav-
ors new Polish state getting most
Of East Prussia in compensation for
retention by the Soviet Union OF
the White Russian and Ckrainian
territories OF prewar eastern Pol
and.
Advocates Annexation
The Soyietsponsored Union OF
Polish Patriots organization in Mos
COW is openly advocating Polish
annexation OF Silesia and East
Prussia. In declaration OF prin-
ciples adopted in Moscow. the Pol.
ish Patriots organization said:
after the victorious conclusion
OF the war. the Polish character OF
Silesia must be restored. The Pol
ish masses In Silesia must be re.
united with the mother country.
East Prussia cannot continue
TO exist as bastion OF German
imperialism aud as u barrier separ-
ating Poland from the Baltic East
Prussia must become Polish
bridge TO the Baltic"
In this same declaration OF prin-
ciples, the Polish patriots Union
expressed willingness to see Pol.
and's pre-war eastern territories re-
turned 10 Russia.
Capital Disturbed
Moscow apparent willingness to
offer the Poles compensation in the
west for the loss OF prewar PROV
inces in the east has official Wash
ington considerably disturbed. Il is
viewed as the first step toward the
part!tioning Of Germany after the
war.
while there IS no disposition In
ofTeisl American circles 10 be leni-
ent with Germany, Secretary OF
State Cordell Hull and his assocl-
ates want TO avoid any European
peace settlement that is likely TO
SOW the seeds Of a third world war.
II the partition OF Germany is
to be the best solution for re-
straining German aggression in the
future Hull wants II done by gen
eral Allied agreement.
The state Department Is strongly
OF the opinion that any attempt by
Russia and puppet regime in POI
and TO start carving up Germany
by unilateral action would gravely
endanger the Willingness Of the
American people to support this
country's participation In an inter.
national organization TO maintain
world peace.
The whole question OF what to do
with a defeated Germany Is now
being considered by the Anglo.
American Soviet European advisory
council in London. Official Wash
ington is hopeful a joint tripartitc
understanding can be achieved by
that body within the next few
months.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-02-19
Democratic Fiscal Leaders
May Seek Higher Debt Limit

full OF loopholes and because 1t
freezes" social security taxes at
their present levels
If the bill is vetoed we have got
TO frame the issues for the coun-
try" said Sen. Bailey ID y. e..
a member OF the Senate Finance
Committee
Il do not think Congress will
make any attempt to override a
tax bill veto. This Is the year OF
referendum. The people will pass
on the matter within few
months"
a rider may be attached 10 the
debt limit bill freezing social
security taxes. Unless Congress
takes this action. social security
payroll taxes will rise one per cent
each on employer and worker be-
ginning March /. al a total Of one
billion 400 million annually.
Sen. Vandenberg fR) Mich, who
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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-02-19
SENDS SOC PLUS INTEREST

LANSING, MiCh.-IP-Because
a Coleman. Mich, man believes the
proyerb, better late than never,
the Michigan Department Of Con.
seryation has received payment for
a bill which has been on the books
for more than " years In send
ing money TO pay for list Of
state-owned lands. on which there
is a charge Of 90 cents. sent 10 him
1891, he explained that the bill
had been mislaid and enclosed
money for interest covering the
period.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-02-19
ALWAYS MAIL FROM HOME

FITCHBERG. Mass.-UP-Sea-
man claude Brown. IS. OF Fitch
burg is one sailor who isn't a bit
lonesome for mail. World War I
veteran. Brown has nine children
and 1--WE grandchildren who write
to him regularly at the Sampson
q. " Naval Training Station.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-02-19
War Food Administration
to Boost Subsidy Payments

months, he indicated dairy pay
ments would be continued at sea-
sonally lower rates during the time
when pastures are more produc-
tive, with the rates seasonally high
err next fall and winter.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-02-19

reducing taxes to peace time lev
els. the bill TO take effect when tho
war ends: measures to take the
government out OF business after
the war by swift termination OF war
contracts and orderly disposal OF
huge stocks OF surplus government
goods: loans for service men and
business needing assistance to re-
adjust themselves: plans for public
works, to be ready II needed.
Called only a Start
To achieve speed and efficiency
in industrial rehabilitation, Baruch
OnadtOl2ecsl 2O::teihms G66y"Pacx
and Hancock proposed:
!. Quick, fair and final settlement
Of terminated war contracts
through negotiations by the CON
tractors and the procurement agen.
cies.
.. Enactment now OF a postwar
tax program so that business men
Will know what taxes they face and
can plan accordingly.
3 An immediate start on disposi.
ton Of the vast government stores
OF supplies. "The months to come.
while the war is still on, are the
most precious months for disposal.
Market conditions will never be
better"
Loans TO Help Business
4. Go;ernmnet loans TO help bust.
ness change over from war to
peace production.
.. Unifying government forces
dealing with the human problems
OF rehabilitation. Everything being
done by the executive branch
should be brought together under
single. Gnforgetful mind or
work director Congress should
merge committees dealing with
such problems into single com.
mttee in the Senate and in the
House.
8. Planning, designing and en-
gineering OF worthwhile public
works projects not simply make.
work schemes should be pressed
Immediately and put on the shelf
for use II needed.
:. Reenactment of government
price and priority controls which
expire this year. They said. howev.
er. that war time controls should
be dropped as soon as there Is no
longer need for them.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-02-19

LOS ANGELES UP-Transfer
Executive Lee Van Belden fumed
in more or less silence today await.
ing his inning in court to deny his
wife's charges that he got so nerv-
Gus he tried to shoot her with a
spoon, went around ''a-kissin' AMI
a-huggin' another woman-and
looked like a big monkey in the
nude" He was frequently in the
nude, she said in her separate
maintenance claims, but seldom at
home.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-02-19
PHONE 75s

For Ypsilani Frozen Food Locker
Reservations. Az s. Grove St
Adv. PIG.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-02-19

Observation-Disclosures
OF Charlie Chaplin's innocence of
paternity, he and six other defend
ants will be arraigned Monday on
charges OF interfering with the
civil rights Of red-haired Joan Ber-
~, who charged Chaplin with being
the father Of her daughter, until a
blood test proved her wrong.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-02-19

MONTEVIDEO. Uruguay -
Gen. Pedro Pablo Ramirez, who
seized the Argentine presidency In
the Army revolution of last June.
may resign tomorrow and turn the
office over to Chief Justice Nicolas
Repetto OF the Supreme Court,
Buenos Aires reports said today.
The political situation in the AR.
genuine capital remained extreme
ly confused and momentous events
may be imminent, these reports
said.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-02-19

WASHINGTON UP-The war
Production Board had the assur-
ance OF penicillin producers today
that soon the wonder drugs"
healing magic will be available in
sufficient quantity to meet all
military and civilian requirements.
Output OF the precious white pow.
der has expanded so speedily that
American and Canadian firms pro-
ducing penicillin reported at a
meeting OF WIPES penicillin pro-
ducers industry advisory commit
tee they will be able to fulfill all
needs by mid-1944.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-02-19

BUFFALO-INS- The Econom-
les League OF Buffalo was prevent
ed today from using a ballroom
in the Memorial Auditorium where
the Rev. Gerald L. X. Smith OF
Detroit and Rep. Clare Hoffman
OF Michigan were scheduled to
speak next Monday. The league
applied to the supreme court TO
compel the city to rent the ball
room for the meeting. but Justice
Parton Swift ruled that Buffalo Of
ficials legally could refuse a rent
al permit.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-02-19

LOS ANGELES-INS- Funeral
services were being arranged to-
day for Arthur H. Kudner. IS,
head of a New York advertising
firm. He died yesterday OF pneu-
monia. Kudner, former newspap-
erman in Detroit and New York.
won renown during the last World
War for writing advertisement for
the Liberty Loan and the Red
Gross. His home was at Queens
town, Md.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-02-19

Los ANGELES ms Capt.
Mildred A. McCafee, national com
mander OF the Waves and peace
time president of Wellesley Col
lege, today held an honorary de-
gree of doctor of laws. conferred
in ceremonies at Occidental Col
lege.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-02-19

SAN DIEGO, Cal.-INS-Inves.
tigation was launched today into
the crash of a four-engined Navy
patrol bomber which plowed into
a naval barracks on the Coronado
Strand, killing six men and injur-
ing so. Names of the victims were
being withheld pending notifica-
ton OF their next of kin.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-02-19

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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-02-19

HOLLYWOOD-INS- Mrs. Red
Shelton "dood Il" in CORTLAND
left the screen and radio comedian
officially a free gent today. su.
perior court Judge awarded the
funnymans wife a final divorce
decree. Mrs. SHELTON. a former
Kansas City theater usherette.
claimed that Skeletons excuses for
staying out late were corny.
NEW YORK -INS-A federation
OF all European states with a com
mon defense and a bill OF RIGHTS
based on the four freedoms was
suggested by Count Richard y.
Coudenhave Kalergi. Austrian al
thor OF Crusade for Pan Europe"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-02-19

LOS ANGELES-INS- Los An.
geles County was celebrating its
oath birthday today. The county
was founded in 1850. while the ter
ritory was a part OF Mexico-more
than six months before California
was admitted to the Union as the
32nd state.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-02-19

KANSAS CITY-INS-Four per-
sons we're known to be dead and
ak additional bodies were believed
buried today in the smoking ruins
OF a grain elevator OF the Larabee
flour mills in North Kansas City.
Twenty others Of SIS employees in
the elevator at the time OF the
blast late yesterday were injured,
five OF them seriously.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-02-19

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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-02-19

NEW fURk-IN5-A reward OF
$500 was posted by Mayor F. H..
LaGuardia today to curb vandal-
ism against church property, par
ticularly the daubing OF Soviet
symbols on Catholic churches. The
mayor directed the police to take
stringent measures against cuiprit
desecrating church property. The
action followed discovery OF crude
hammer and sickle designs on ST.
Patrick's Cathedral, and daubs on
the Church Of the Ascension and
the Church OF st. John the Evan
gelist.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-05-28

ting of the via Casilina.
These are the 715th Infantry and
9th Panzer Grenadiers, holding the
line from the Corr area southeast
through the Lepini hills; the 9Th
Panzer and 18th Panzer Grenadiers,
who principally are facing the
French to protect the southern
edges of the Liri valley; the 334th
Infantry, the 305th Infantry and the
goth Panzer Grenadiers, who are
striving to hold off the Eighth
Army thrusts up highway six
against Ceprano and Arce; and
finally, what little is left Of the
First Parachute division, whose
tattered remnants are being pur-
sued in the hills north Of the Liri
valley.
Most Of these divisions have an
alternative escape route in main
highway No. 8 from Arce north to
Avezzano. Other alternative routes
of retreat are surfaced secondary
roads leading northward fom Fro
sinone and Ferentino to Rieti and
TERM, and a number Of unsurfaced
country roads in the same direc-
ton.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-05-28
PAGE IS AWARDED
HIGH ART TROPHY

The silver trophy cup, donated
by Sturgeon Baxley to the winner
Of the High School art contest has
been awarded James Page, winner
of first place, it was announced
yesterday.
Honorable mention and a blue
ribbon was given Kathryn Kester.
second place; further honorable
mention and a red ribbon went to
Linwood Rackley, third place win.
ner.
The contest was awarded on ex'
cellence of artWork prepared by
members of the New Hanover High
school art class, instructed by Miss
Emma Loosen. Specimens OF the
work were displayed in the main
show window of the Tide Water
Building with arrangements for the
show being made by Miss Cor
della Foster, home demonstration
agent of the Tide Water Power
company.
When making announcement Of
the trophy award, Bailey stated
he felt that possibly the art depart
ment in the school had not been
given sufficient emphasis in past
years, and that by offering such
a token of interest and appreciation
on the part of the business com.
munity it would tend to create a
more widespread interest by the
students.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-05-28
EXPLOSIVE PERMIT
AGENT APPOINTED

Mrs. Gertrude Hunter, Of Gregg
Hardware company, has been ap-
pointed federal explosive licensing
agent for New Hanover county by
r. r. Sayers, director of the fed
eral Bureau Of Mines, it wac an
nounced here Saturday.
All persons who procure, handle
or sell explosives must be licensed,
as this is the method evolved for
the control Of these vital materials
during wartime, Mrs. Hunter
pointed out.
Full information on licensing
may be obtained from Miss Hunt
er.
From the booklet Of regulations
regarding explosives provided by
the Bureau of Mines, comes this
information regarding the method
of control: lone purpose of the
(controD act is to make it possible
at all times to know or ascertain
the source and the ultimate dispo-
sition of all explosives and ingre-
dents covered by the act. To this
end licensees must keep a full, de-
tailed, and tabulated record of all
transactions in or operations in
volving explosives Or ingredients.
An accumulation Of invoices, sales
slips, delivery tickets, or receipts,
or similar papers representing in
dividual transactions will not salts
fy the requirement for tabulated
records, but such papers must
be retained by the ice1see and
furnished to any authorized repre-
sentative Of the Director of the
Bureau OF Mines upon request as
evidence Of the accuracy of the tab
ulated record.
Copies of records m US t be
sworn to and furnished to the Di-
rector Of the Bureau of Mines or
his authorized representatives
whenever requested. All records
or copies thereof required to be
kept by a licensee pertaining to
explosives or ingredients stored at
or sold or delivered from a par
ticular location must be retained
by the person having the custody
of the explosives or ingredients at
that place until such records or
sworn copies are furnished to the
Director of the Bureau of Mines
or his representative"
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-05-28
AMERICANS ADVANCE
IN DRIVE ON ROME
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Luce reported. Artena, itself an i'm
portant road junction behind the
retreating Nazi Tenth Army, was
reached after a spectacular drive
of nine miles in one day.
De Luce said the Germans had
attempted a sharp counter-att
on the secondary highway between
Velletri and Artena but that AM
erican artillery was covering the
via Casilina and shells were falling
on German positions Is miles from
Rome.
The Allied armies advanced
steadily along the entire so-mile
active front today.
American Fifth Army forces forg-
ing a ring around the Pontine
marshes stormed through the
mountain town of Seize, which has
a population of 10000 and Is the
largest town yet taken in the Al
lied offensive, developing a second
threat to the main German forces.
Face New Line
Capture of Seize brought the
Americans squarely up against a
new defense line which two Ger
man divisions have tried to estab-
fish in the Lepini Hills northest of
the marshes to protect the flank
Of the German troops in the Liri
valley and their principal route of
retreat along the via Casilina to-
ward Rome.
The main bodies of the two Fifth
Army forces, whose patrols joined
earlier in the week, now were less
than ten miles apart.
The Germans, apparently grow
ing desperate about the plight of
their forces at the center of the
front near the junction of the AM
erican Fifth and British Eighth
Army sectors, began withdrawing
them as best they could. meanwhile
throwing powerful reinforcements
into action to bolster the principal
ports protecting the escape route.
The cutting of he via Casilina-
highway six-would seriously i'm
pair the German efforts to make
an orderly withdrawal Of the large
foces still fighting in the Lii val
ley.
Field Marshal Albert Kesselring
probably would be able to extricate
a substantial part of those forces
along other escape routes to the
north, but these relatively small
roads would be easily clogged and
the Germans probably would be
compelled to leave behind the bulk
OF their guns and other heavy
equipment
Eight In Line
OF the II enemy divisions rein
forced with regiments or smaller
units from other divisions which
the Germans have committed to
action south of Rome, eight are
in the line where their escape
would be complicated by the cut
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-05-28
BODY OF WOMAN IS
REMOVED FROM LAKE
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ment following his engagement OF
an attorney.
Durham police said Martin had
driven Mrs. Jewett from Charlotte
to her former home in Boonviue,
Mo-, that the two had stopped at a
hotel there May and that Mrs.
Jewett was no seen again after
May 10.
King said a woman's artificial
teeth. blood-stained clothing and
wrist watch and other items which
police connected with Mrs. JeWett
were found in Martins quarters
and the automobile.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-05-28
sCOOTER-AUTO CRASH

G. r. Simons, white man u
Route two, was the driver of a
motor scooter that crashed into
the 1870 Mercury sedan, Oper-
ated by T. p. Waters Of Route
one, Kerr late yesterday af-
ternoon near the intersection Of
Third and Chestnut streets, in
flicting fender damages to the
car, and fender and tire dam
ages to the scooter. Waters
said he was making a left turn
from Chestnut into Third when
the incident occurred. There
were no arrests.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-05-28
CHURCH SERVICES

The Rev. L. F. Cowan, pas
tor, will conduct the 1880
am. service and Sunday eve
ming worship at 8 o'clock at
WOODBURY. Presbyterian church.
Church school will be held at
1920 am. Acts % will be u.s.
ed for the Bible study at 8
pm. Wednesday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-05-28
ACT UPHELD

PARIS, KY, May 27-tR-Ken.
tucky's absent voters act, designed
to enable service men and women
and others absent from the state
to participate in the election of a
president and United States SEN
ators and representatives, was up.
held today by circuit Judge w.
B. Ardery.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-05-28
BIAK ISLE IS INVADED
BY AMERICAN TROOPS
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give us command and domination
of Dutch New Guinea except for
isolated enemy positions. For stra-
tegic purposes, this marks the
practical end Of the New Guinea
campaign"
Then in a special statement the
general added:
1.-THE results of the offensive
which was launched in this theater
eleven months ago have more than
fulfilled my most optimistic hopes
and expectations. The operations
have appreciably advanced us on
our way. I am especially thank
full for our light losses. Nothing
could more clearly indicate the
mercy of guiding providence
Possession of Biak's three air.
fields will give Macarthur fliers
a base for blasting everything the
enemy has between New Guinea
and the Philippines.
Near Key Bases
The fields on Bisk, more than
300 miles northwest of Hollandia
and 200 northwest Of Wakde, arc
within fighter escorted bomber
range Of a nest Of Japanese air.
fields on Noemfoor and Japan Is
lands and the enemy mainland
base of Manokwari, Nabire and
Babo.
The landing at Biak places Mac
Arthur virtually as near to the
Philippines as to his main New
Guinea base at Finschaffen.
The Biak invasion was proceed
ed by one of the heaviest aerial
softenings ever handed Japa-
nese New Guinea base. More than
700 tons were dropped by Amer
lean Liberator bombers in inces-
SAINT raids for % consecutive DAYS
this month.
The Biak landing marked an
other step in the lightning adj
vance toward the Philippines to
which Macarthur long as avow-
ed return
In a little more than a month,
his forces have used hop-skip-
and-jump procedure to advance
more than 300 miles up the New
Guinea coast
The April % invasion at Hot
landia and the accompanying op-
GRAFTON at Aitape put the Allies
in one stroke some 500 miles ahead
OF their slow-moving ground
forces below Madang, British
New Guinea.
Macarthur added another 11U
miles May 17-18 with the inva.
sion of the Toem area of the
Dutch New Guinea mainland and
the Wakde Islands nearby.
The Wakde airbase was seized
at the end of the second days
fighting and MacArthur's forces
then concentrated on the expan-
sion OF the mainland beachhead.
His ground forces pushed on
from 1oem along the Marlin Bav
shoreline toward the partially
completed Maffin airdrome which
they reached Wednesday.
There the American advance
was held up by tough Japanese
resistance. There was no report
OF progress at Maffin yesterday
and today's communique told OF
continued sharp fighting for the
field. At least 225 japanese dead
had been counted on this battle
ground and a great quantity of
enemy equipment captured. The
Biak invasion was carried out
while the Maffin situation remain
ed una-.lplified.
Biak is the larger of two islands
in the Schouten group Its three
airfields will put MacArthur's
filters within 900 miles of Davao in
the southern Philippines, 600 miles
of the Japanese naval and air
base of Palau. westernmost of tho
Carolines on the eastern an.
proaches to the Philippines and
600 miles OF Halmaherah, key
Japanese base between New Gui-
nea and the Philippines.
Soepiori, the other island of the
Schouten group, has no airfield.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-05-28
MERCHANTS TO MEET

]. G. Thornton, city chair
man of the War Finance COM
mittee, will outline the retail
ers' program in the forthcom.
ing Fifth War Loan drive, at
the luncheon meeting Ut the
Retail Merchants association
at l pm. Tuesday, In tho
Friendly restaurant dining
room. E. A. Laney, county
chairman, has been invited al
so to speak.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-05-28
City Briefs
CHURCH SERVICE

Preaching at the Church Of
God, Fourth and Marsteller
streets , by the Rev. v. D.
Combs, pastor, will be at IL
o'clock with the program
broadcasted later at $3.50 over
WMFD. Sunday school will be
at 10 o'clock and evening wor-
ship will begin at 7:45.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-05-28
MOVER TO PREACH

Malcolm C. McIver, Jr.,
ministerial student who will be
licensed by the Wilmington
Presbytery on Tuesday, May
30, will preach at the s o'clock
service tonight at Pearsau
Memorial Presbyterian church.