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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-22
American Legion Group
Expects To Beat Quota

DURHAM, Feb. 21-RHIndica-
tons that the American Legion
Auxiliary in North Carolina may
exceed it's fourth War Loan drive
goal of $4,000 in War Bond pur-
chases to finance an Army am
bulance airplane have been report
ed to the office of the state secre-
tary, Miss Arelia Adams, here.
Final reports from local units
throughout the state are due on
Friday, the secretary said, add
ing that announcement of totals
will be made on Feb. q.
Bond sales made public through
the auxiliary will be returned to
Mrs. Carl Bishopric of Spray,
chairman of the Women's division
of the War Finance committee of
North Carolina. The Legion Auxili-
ary's chairman for The Am
bulance Airplane drive is Mrs.
Marvin S. Revell of Kenly.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-22
HEARINGS OPENED
ON BUS FRANCHISE
State Utilities Commission
To Determine Rightful
Holder

RALEIGH, F b. 21.-tR-The
State Utilities Commission began
taking evidence at a hearing to-
day in an effort to determine the
rightful owner of transportation
franchises over several of the
states principal highways.
The issue concerns charges
made by the Carolina Transpor-
tation Company of Raleigh that a
franchise approved for the South
ern Consolidated Transportation
company to % per tie between
Greensboro, Durham and Whining
ton is void because it was aban-
doned by Southern before that co1a-
Germ was sold outright to the Over
mite Transportation Company of
Richmond, Va.
Carolina is asking the commits
sion to cancel Southern franchise
tights over the routes, alleging
that the new owner of the COM
pany is Infringing on franchise
which was not part Of the sale
rights in the Overnite-Southern
deal"
Specifically, southern's franchis-
es certified operation between
Durham and Wilmington, via Ra-
leigh and Clinton, and from Green
boro to Wilmington, via Fayette-
vile.
Attorneys appearing for Caro-
lima included W. B. Umstead of
Durham, Arch 7. Allen and Glenn
3. Holding, both of Raleigh. Over
mite is being represented by T. j.
Gold, Jr., of High Point, and
Gardner c. Hudson of Winston
Salem.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-22
Proposal To Merge St. Andrews,
Church OF Covenant Is Presented

A proposal to merge ST.
Andrews Presbyterian church and
the Church of the Covenant was
submitted to the congregations of
these churches at the Sunday
morning services in statement
of recommendation issued by the
churches, sessions. ~.
TIL e merger recommends alton,
which is subject4to a vote by both
congregations. and final approval
by the Wilmington Presbytery,
would make a combined congrega-
ton of about 1,16o for the selected
church, and s-. a ss.et's of both
churches would be combined to
form assets Of the. merged. church.
The merger Of the two, churches
was,4developed because of the in
dication in recent years that the
membership of st. A nd re w S
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-22

nv, WASHINGTON, Feb. 21.- Up -
me administration accepted al
niost lniact today the plan of Ber-
nara M. Baruch for postwar ..ad-
WEN venIuEe in prosperity" and chose
T Tnl L, Clayton and Brig. Gen.
in IaHk l. Hines for two key jobs
III she vast rehabilitation task.
a. clayton. who used to run one Of
b ble worlds biggest cotton export
s; at Houston, Tex, re-
msneo as assistant secretary OF
sv1illnerce to take over the as.
d o1,a OF disposing OF billions Of
ND LAR OF surplus war property. =
lnheS will continue to administer
seyerahs affairs as he has for a
d ciUle OF years and in addition will
ma,'... retraining and reemploy.
tbe ' OF the men and women as
0' leave the armed services and
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-22
LineRoute
To Make Stop
In Wilmington
NAL AWAITING PLANES
Jacksonville Philadelphia
Run Will Have Stop .
In City

WASHINGTON. D. c., Feb. 21.-
SneciaD-The Civil Aeronautics
Board today announced issuance
nj a certificate to National Air
Lines to extend its commercial
airplane service from its present
headquarters in Jacksonville, Fla,
to New York, with stops at Savan-
nah. Charleston, Wilmington and
Philadelphia.
National Airlines now serves
Florida cities and extends it's serv-
ice westward along the Gulf coast
10 New Orleans.
Contacted at his Jacksonville Of
flee. G. T. Baker, president of
National, voiced qualification at
the CAB decision, and declared
the new service will be started as
soon as the line is assigned adj
ditional airplanes, which he be-
ljeves will be not long delayed.
The assignment must come from
The Munitions Assignment Board
and receive the approval of the
Army and the Navy.
we are happy to be able to
give the southern Atlantic coastal
region this new service" said Mr..
Baker, land will have our, planes
flying over the route as quickly
as we can get them
Mr. Baker added:
National intends to use 4 en-
g.ned Lockheed Constellation
planes on the Jacksonville New
York extension. These planes have
d cruising speed of $50 miles per
hour and can accommodate 60
passengers.
Mr.. Baker said about 500 persons
wll be employed on the proposed
extension.
Although it is not known when
tie new route will be put into op-
Grafton, it was brought out in a
statement from the air line that
Continued on Page Three; Col. p
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-22
LONDON IS BACK
IN FRONT LINES

LONDON, Feb. 21.-tR-London
is back in the front line air war
and for veterans of the 194O-41 cam
paign it is, as Prime Minister
Churchill put it, like old times"
For thousands of American new
corners the weekend provided exc
perience under fire from German
air force apparently determined to
burn out the capital and do its
best to upset invasion preparations
in Britain.
Straphangers and soldiers, shop
keepers and solicitors had one chief
topic of conversation - the Nazis'
second fire raid in three nights
Sunday night which showered in
cendiaries and high explosives and
took a toll of lives and property
reminiscent of the Battle of Brit
ain,
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-22
LONERCAN TRIAL
OPENS WEDNESDAY

NEW YORK, Feb. 21.- R-
Wayne Lonergan. who stepped
from modest home into the glitter
Of cafe society. was ordered today
10 60 TO trial Wednesday on a
charge of numbering his heiress
wife, Patricia. in her bedroom last
Oct. "a.
Evidence already brought to light
by police investigation of events
leading up to the tragedy indicated
that the testimony would touch in
timately upon swank cafes and a
number of the beautiful women
and dapper men who frequent
them.
Holding that the 26-year-old Roy
a! Canadian Aircraftsman has been
granted every consideration, Gen
eral Sessions Judge John j. Ores
en- today refused Defense Counsel
EDWARD V. Broderick's motion for
a further delay in the twice-post-
poned trial.
Judge Freschi also denied de-
Tense motions to obtain copies of
Inc autopsy report on Mrs. Loner-
gan and of a New York draft
BOARD psychiatric report that caus-
ed Lonergan's classification as 4-F
oA his own admission. the district
attorneys office has said, that he
was a homosexual.
The tall, cool-eyed defendant,
whose smartest carer was halted
when he was found in a Toronto,
canada, boarding house two days
N'ef the Staying, was described by
ilS counsel as confident he will
make out all right"
Lonergan was indicted on a first
uegfee murder charge after his o.
seaf-old brunette wife's battered
and unclothed body was found in
Aef fashionable East Side apart.
ment.
The district attorneys office
GAINS to have a confession from
MN; The office quoted him as say
.ils ne struck his wife with heavy
,,aaolestick because she refused to
ieI MN see their infant son.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-22
FACTORIES CRUSHED
Escorting Planes Bag %
Enemy Craft Assault
Continuing

LONDON, Tuesday, Feb. 21.-tR
"A laundering force of American
heavy bombers and fighters, near
ly equalling the 2,OO0-plane arma-
da sent out Sunday, crushed two
aircraft factories at Brunswick
and bombed at least six major
airdromes and other targets in
Germany Monday in speedy fur
the1ance of the campaign to de-
stroy the German air force.
Quickly following the 2.2OO-ton
Raj bombardment of Stuttgart
Sunday night, Mondays sweeping
series of daylight raids by the
Americans were executed at the
cost of Is bombers and five fight
ers missing. The escorting Mus
tangs, Thunderbolts and lightnings
bagged SO enemy planes. Bomber
gunners' reports have not yet been
tabulated, but should raise the
score.
When the American Fortresses
and Liberators finished their days
work, it was estimated unofficial
ly that more than 5000 Allied
bombers had been over Germany
within SO hours and had dropped
nearly 5000 tons of bombs on tar
gets vital to Germany's aerial de-
tense.
At first the gigantic effort en-.
tailed great sacrifice in Allied
planes. but as the German fighter
defenses became weaker, wearier
and more dispersed. Allied losses
dropped
The decreasing scale of resist
ance was shown in this recapitllla-
ton of four successive large-scale
attacks:
The Raj lost 70 bombers-a rec
ord number-in the opening as
sault on Leipzig early Feb. &c.
The U. S. Army Air Forces lost
% bombers in daylight attacks
Sunday, but with their fighter es-
cort destroyed 1876 German planes.
The Raj lost 10 bombers on
Sunday nights Stuttgart raid.
American losses Monday were
Is bombers-estimated at roughly
one and one-half per cent of the
force dispatched.
At Brunswick Monday the Amer
lean heavy bombers concentrated
on two aircraft component factor
les that were hit Sunday, while
other formations aimed for targets
in nearby Hanover and large air
craft plants and other military in
stallations near the Dutch border.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-22
improvements
ForHoneHere
Are Approved
INSTITUTIONS TALKrso
Will Garry Out 'Ta
Letter. 20 Recor
dations Made [
Most of Monday

Most of Monday =
" meeting of the Bo, sty
Commissioners was taxi with
discussion of the New lover
County Home and the Juvenile de-
tention home.
Commissioner Louis Coleman
said that the Board of Commits
sioners are subject to criticisms.
However, he said, the report
received today is the first report
received by this board from tne
Board of Health
Commissioners accepted a list OF
20 recommendations from the Con-
solidated Board of Health and de-
cided to carry out Ito the letter, - y
as Commissioner Coleman said, "
recommendations one to 20, as spe.
Gifted by the Health Department. %
The board also adopted resolu-
ton whereby a monthly inspection
of the institution will be made by
the Board of Health and a regular
report made every 30 days to the
Board of Commissioners.
Commissioner Coleman stated
that 1.-The existing conditions at the
county home would never have
existed if periodical inspections of
the institution had been carried out
by the Consolidated Board of
Health"
At the meeting yesterday, Mars
den Bellamy, county attorney. was
given authority at the meeting to
draw up suitable resolution mott
flying the public of special cleo
ton for authorization of the county
to build a red cross sanitorium.
Mr.. Coleman was asked to con-
fer with architects to determine
the type of building and the costs
of construction. A site for the new
hospital has not been chosen, &C
cording to Addison Hewlett, chair
man Of the board.
The board adopted resolution
directing that letter be written
to the National Air Lines, con-
graduating them and extending
the countrys fluctuations for
bringing their air service into
this secion of tie country.
Commissioners appointed COM
mittee to complete further investi-
cations at the juvenile detention
home and county home. 1t is ex-
pected that additional help will be
hired for maintenance of the in
situations.
The U. S. immigration depart
ment requested through Jennings
Continued on Page Three; Col. s.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-22
Soviet Peace Demands
Have Been Given Firms,
Newspaper Reports

STOCKHOLM, Feb. 21-(R
The newspaper Dagens Ny
heter said tonight that Juhu
X. Paasikivi, Finnish diplomat,
had received the Russian arm
istice demands and had dis
cussed terms Of a proposed
Russian-Finnish peace plan.
The newspaper said Paasi-
XVI, who has been in Swe-
den for several days purport-
eddy on a vacation, planned to
leave Helsinki soon.
Since Paasikivi's arrival here
his presence has been linked
to reports that Finland was
seeking to make peace with
Russia. There has been no Of
fetal confirmation, however,
that he was in contact with
Moscow through the Soviet le-
cation here.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-22

war industries. Mrs. Anna Rosen-
berg, labor expert and regional di-
rector of the manpower commits
sion for New York State, has been
invited to become one of Hines
assistants. -
Hinensn'n duties and powers still
must be defined specifically by
President Roosevelt in an execu-
tive order. 49,.
s A Presidential order setting UP
the surplus war property admins
tration within the war mobilization
office was signed Saturday. It fol
lows closely proposals made by
Baruch and his aide, John M. Han
cock, in a report Friday to M
Roosevelt and War Mobilization
Director James F. Byrnes-
Clayton will be assisted by rep
-esentnatives of interested govern
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-22

sideration by the joint sessions
are:
1. That St. Andrews Presbyter-
ian church and the Church of the
Covenant be merged into one
church.
2. That the name of the new
merged church be "St. Andrews
Covenant Presbyterian church."
3. That the property, real and
personal of the two churches be
combined to form the assets of
the merged church.
4. That the official bodies of the
two churches Sessions, deacon
ates, and trustees) be combined
to form the respective bodies Of
the merged church.
Continued on Page Three; Col. g.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-22

church lis moving away from the
present church location. "
The recommendation of a merg-
ed church was publicly announced
in the churches Sunday and the
congregations furnished a state
ment of suggestions for consider
alton. The proposal was developed
by the following committees of st.
Andrews church, ]. K. Banner
man, F. L. King and o. H. Shoe
maker and Church of the Cove
nant, DR.. j. E. Evans, Lewis Hall,
and Walter Sprunt.
DR.. j. Harry Whitmore is pastor
of the Church of Covenant and
DR.. John Knox Bowling of St.
Andrews church.
The suggestions offered h
church congregations for their con-
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-22
Japanese Convoy Is Smashed,
Paraimushiro Is Raided By u. S.;
: Brunswick Hit; Anzio Hold Safe
WS ARE PARRIED
Potential Knockout Punch
OF Germans Crushed
By Allies

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, Ma
pies, Feb. 2l.-lRl-American and
British troops on the Anzio beach
head successfully parted weak
ened German blows today after
having blocked a potential knock
out punch by Field Marshal Al
bert Kesselring's massed divisions
in 48 hours of furious weekend
combat.
Nazi t t e m pit S to infiltrate
through Allied lines in the Carr
roceto and Cisterna areas with at,
tacks of diminished intensity were
turned back with further bloody
losses foc the enemy, headquar-
tiers announced.
Both American and German
planes were active over the beach
head today, despite poor visibility.
At least three Nazi planes were
shot down in combat. American
bombers and fighters maintained
air cover over Allied ground
troops and attacked German
troops and gun positions. Mitchell
medium bombers attacked railway
yards at Orte. IS miles above
Rome on the main line to Flor
ence.
Allied positions on the beach
head were officially described as
more or less stabilized.
Along the Carroceto-Anzio road,
where the bitterest fighting ragged
for two days and nights, German
troops were hammered back 1000
yards, a headquarters spokesman
said, placing the Allies within
about 5000 yards of Ca7roceto, the
village from which Kesselring
launched his power drive last
Wednesday.
CA field dispatch from Daniel
De Luce, Associated Press CORE
spondent on the beachhead, said
Allied counterattacks against the
enemys flank on Saturday re.
gained about two miles at one
point, throwing the Nazis back to-
ward Car-oceto, presumably from
a southeasterly direction. 4
(The German-controlled Rome
radio reported that powerful
American attacks were beaten of
in the Anzio beachhead" today,
and said that both Anzio and Net
tuno, the two ports upon which
the Allies are dependent for the
bulk of their supplies and rein
forcements. had been on fire since
last night.)
The Allied command, in perhaps
its most optimistic conmunique
since the landing at Anzio month
ago, highly praised not only the
Fifth Army infantry and tank
units that threw six Germans d.
visions back in a fierce, about
battle, but also commended the
magnificent support given by
Allied warships. planes and artil.
lery.
American veterans of the Tuni-
sian campaign, thrown against
even st,eater enemy striking pow
err than they faced in Africa. were
largely instrumental in beating
back avagely-dete-mined oppo-
nent.
Litt!c news was received from
the Casino front, where the fight.
ing had slackened appreciably fo-
several days. American troops
were reported holding fast to their
positions inside Casino itself.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-22
War Bond Sales For
North Carolina Are
Set At $158,500,000

WINSTON-SALEM, Feb. II.
-P)-Total sales in North
Cardinals Fourth War Loan
Drive today moved to SIS, $780,
00O,-126 per cent Of the quota
State War Finance Chair
man Clarence T. Leinbach, an
nOunced tonight.
Individual purchases were
reported at $4,000, 900, or 81
per cent Of the goal of $70.-
10000 and leaders OF the
campaign expressed hope that
the state would go over the
top this week.
Series E Bond sales includ-
ed in overall figures on indi-
vidual buying, now total $780,
10000 or 81 per. cent of the
quota of $44, 200, 900.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-22
Two Men Are Chosen To Administer
Plan For Adventure In Prosperity

mental agencies serving on a sur
plus property policy board. The
government plans to sell property
and supplies left over from the
war through these channels:
Consumer goods through the
treasury's. procurement division,
capital and producers G o d S
through a Reconstruction Finance
Corporation Subsidiary, ships and
maritime property through the
Maritime Co m m Isl n. food
through the War Food Admi11istra-
ton, housing through the National
Housing Administration and prop
erty to be disposed of outside the
United States through the Foreign
Economic Administration.
Announcing the Clayton and
Continued on Page Three; Col. s.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-22
NIP LOSSES MOUNTING
6 Merchantmen, One Cor.
vette, Two Gunboats
Reported Sunk

u. S. PACIFIC FLEET HEAD.
QUARTERS, Pearl Harbor, Feb.
81. -P)- United States troops
have captured Enfwetok island
after stubborn opposition and ma.
val and air forces are attacking
Parry island in strength.
American casualties Gin the cap.
sure of Eniwetok atolI' were only
approximately $50 dead and $50
wounded, according to preliminary
reports last night, Adm. Chester
w. Nimitz reported in comnau.
nique tonight.
One thousand Japanese were es.
timated on Engebi and Eniwetok
islands at the start of the prem.
vasion bombardment, but there is
no information as to how many
survived the barrage to resist our
landing troops. .-..
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-22
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Jan Losses High

Japan's war losses in the Pa.
cific last week-her most fateful
seven days since Pearl Harbor-
touched new highs today as re.
Lorts from all portions of the Pa
cific front listed at least IS ships
sunk and more than 1865 planes
destroyed.
From General Douglas MacAr.
thur came reports that Allied fliers
caught their second Japanese con-
voy in a week off the Bismarck
archipelago, sank six medium mer-
chantmen, one corvette, two gum
boats and probably destroyed
three freighters last Saturday and
Sunday.
Significantly, the convoy was
outward bound from bomb-blasted
Kabaul, New Britain, suggesting
evacuation of that once-powerful
bastion rather than reinforcement.
Twenty-six enemy planes were
lost in the latest smash at RAJ
baul.
From Admiral Chester w. Nj
mitz, Allied Pacific commander,
came reports that Navy planes
last Saturday staged a five-ton
bombing raid on Paramushiro and
Shimushu, northernmost Kurile is
lands in the far north Pacific.
while Army planes and warshlps
pounded heavily at eastern Mar
shall islands in the Central Pa.
cific where Japanese defenders
are virtually cut off from supply
and salvation.
From. Lt.-Gen. Joseph Stilweli in
Chungking came reports a 270o,-
ten merchant vessel was dive
bombed and destroyed on the
French Indo-China coast and a l.
CO0-ton freighter was sent to the
bottom of the East China Sea.
These staggering naval losses,
which Japan can i'll afford, can be
added to the toll taken at Truk in
the Caroline islands last week
when carrier-based planes sunk at
CONTINUED on Page Eight; Col. -
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-22
Hearing Waiued
By Army Private

CHARLOTTE. Feb. ~ up
PVT. Charles Lewis Rey-
nolds, %, of Columbus, o.,
waived preliminary hear
ing in recorders court today
on a charge of murder in con-
nection with the death Of Pvt.
Lee M. Riley, "a, of Webster
City. Iowa in a hotel room
here the night Of February !.
Reynolds was remanded to
jail without privilege Of bond
to await trial in superior court.
Riley was found strangled to
death with the sleeve of a
sweatshirt, Reynolds later
was taken into custody in
Columbus.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-22
REDS ADVANCING
ON KRlV0I ROC
Russian Troops Battling
Within Suburbs of
Iron City

LONDON, Tuesday, Feb. 22-R)
Russian Ukraine troops yester-
day crashed into the outskirts OF
Krivoi Rog less than four miles
from the heart of that iron ore
city in the Dnieper Bend, while
on the northern front Moscow said
today that other Soviet forces In
sudden strike across the Lovat rlv-
er had toppled the big German
base of Kholm, 60 miles south OF
Lake linen.
The two offensives imperllled
all German positions in the Ukraine
Continued on Page Eight; Col. -
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-22
CLERK INDICTED

WASHINGTON, Feb. 21-REA
woman postal clerk, Mrs. P.
Elaine Pond of Washington, was
indicted by Federal Grand Jury
TO-DAY on charges of taking money
from three letters addressed to
President Roosevelt. The letters
contained a total of S. said to
have been sent for the infantile
paralysis fund.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-22

NORTH CAROLINA: Mostly cloudy
Tuesday light showers in west portions
not much change in temperature. We'd
nesday partly cloudy and slightly warm-
er, with scattered showers in noun
tans.
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Continued on Page Eight; Col.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-03
|Bukowski Bowls Poorly
In All-Star Tourney

The field of 120 bowlers will roll
six games daily for the next four
days, the as with the highest
totals entering the semifinals
Wednesday. They will bowl II
games. the II highest for the
36 games entering the round-robin
finals Thursday with the five
seeded stars.
They are Paul Krumske of Chi
cago, present champion; Ned Day
of West Allis, Wis; Rudy Pugel
of Milwaukee; Buddy Bomar OF
Chicago and Connie Schwoegler of
Madison. Wis.
Besides Butkowski. there are
five other DetroitcrS in the elimi-
nations. They are Fred Bujack,
TheHnan Gibson, John Crimmins.
Wayne Spaulding and Bud Stem
pien. Gibson got away TO the
excellent start of 238 and 204.
II was announced here rules
governing the national match
game championship have been re-
vised TO permit the winner of the
tournament TO hold his title for
one year.
The champion will be able TO
cash in on his crown by shooting
nontitle matches with the other
Is fnalistS in this years event.
The runnerup will have the first
opportunity 10 challenge with the
others following in order.