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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-09
Drafting Of.
Men 0ver25
kPostponed.
Action On Registrars In
ar-lmportant Jobs
Ordered Delayed
WANT YOUNGER MEN
List VIII Be Prepared To
Guide Boards In Issu-
ing Deferments

WASHINGTON, April 8.-tReSe.
,octive service headquarters, tax.
iro drastic steps to hasten the de.
livery of young men to the armed
,evices. today ordered postpone,
ment of the drafting of all men
"a and over who are in war-im-
rortant jobs, even those already
ordered to report for induction.
Draft Director Lewis B. Hershey
announced the action after being
told by the army and navy that
they want young men SO badly they
are willing for draft boards to fail
10 deliver their quotas of older reg
istrants.
Apparently the plan is to send
Young men into the army and navy
almost en- masse during April. In
formed officials said it meant the
current government program of
endorsing deferments for certain
key men under 26 must be speed
ed up if it is to be in time.
Will Prepare List
An official of the Office of War
Information said a list will be pro-
vided in day or two to guide
draft boards in the deferment of
young men. He said the list will
be Substantially that to be provid-
ed by the Inter-Agency committee
headed by ManpoWer Chairman
Paul V. McNutt.
The postponement of older men
starts as soon as local boards can
stop their machinery and set up
the new system. This may be the
middle Of next week in some To-
calities. draft officers said. A man
scheduled to be indicted Monday
Or Tuesday, for example, will have
no legal recourse If his induction
takes place on schedule.
Continued on Page Three; Col. q
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-09
Easter Services Scheduled
Throughout World Today
Sunrise Service To
Be Held At OakdaIe

Wilmington will celebrate
Easter beginning at Z o'clock
this morning, with a sunrise
service at the Confederate
monument in Oakdale ceme-
terry, under the auspices Of the
Ministerial association, and
sponsored by the Protestant
churches of Wilmington. The
speaker will be the Rev. A. X.
Dudley, pastor of the Winter
Park Presbyterian church.
A number of other services
are planned i'll churches
throughout the city.
Retail merchants have an
nounced that stores will be
closed until Tuesday morning,
in order to give their employees
a holiday on Easter Monday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-09
RUSSIANS HURL AXIS FORCES
ACROSS CZECH FRONTIER AND
STAB 40 MILES INTO RUMANlA
Truk F ortress Set Ablaze During
Heaviest Night Attack In Pacific

total of enemy aircraft smash
ed there that day by South
Pacific raiders.
Strafing planes meantime
smashed five parked planes on
an airdr0me at Wewak in
New Guinea, at Rabaul and in
the Kai islands.
(The Truk raiders were hea-
Wy bombers flying from bases
in SolomOns. Dublon was
blanketed with clouds of smoke
when the attackers had finish
ed their job.
At the other end of the
Southwest Pacific air front. en-
emy-held points on BOugain-
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-09
>ongratulates Gillette,
Former Target, On De-
cision To Run Again
TAKES INITIATIVE
May Be Getting Defenses
In Order For Battle In
Midwest States
By JACK BELL
Head of The Associated Press
Senate Staff

WASHINGTON, April 8.-R-
President Roosevelt personally has
taken a hand IN efforts to unite
the Democratic party in this years
political campaign by writing Sen.
ator Guy NJ. Gillette (D.-Iowa), a
target of the unsuccessful 1888
purge, congratulating tie Iowan on
his decision to seek reelection to
the Senate
While Democratic National COM
mittee lea1ers this year have
made every effort to heal the
wounds caused by the president S
opposition six years ago to party
members who did not go along
with him, this apparently was the
first instanre II which Mr.. Roose-
welt himself has taken the initia-
tive in the movement.
Praises Gillette
Gillette declined to affirm or de-
ny receipt of the letter, but some
of his colleagues described the mis-
sive as a cordial note addressed
to Dear Guy " In it, the presi-
dent congratulated Gillette on the
latter's reluctant decision to be a
candidate again, expressing the
conviction that not only Iowa but
the nation needs men of Gillette's
caliber in the Senate.
This expression of sentiment, SO
far at variance with the admins.
tration's 1888 attitude, caused i'm.
mediate speculation h a t Mr..
Roosevelt was getting his defenses
in order in the vital middle west.
ern political battle-ground for a
fourth term try. However, some
politicians who contend the presi.
dent has not decided his future
course called the action merely a
party harmony move.
Gillette, who publicly has OBJ.
posed a fourth term and has DIES.
ignated Secretary of State Hull as
his first choice for the nomina.
ton, said recently he expected tc
be named as an Iowa delegate t.
Continued on Page Three; Col. 3
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-09
INVASION May Cost U.S..
10000 Men First Month

fears of casualties as high as $780,
600 when the Allies plunge into
Europe. In Mays opinion, there
probably will rot be more than
rs. 900 killed in that fist 80 days.
Without giving any figures,
Lieut.. Gen. Omar N. Bradley,
commander of American ground
forces in the United Kingdom, was
optimistic in q talk he gave his
officers on this subject recently.
Some of you won't come back
but it will be very few" Bradley
said.
Current sttri+ion, May said, is
CONTINUED on Page Three; Col.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-09

and Is Fighters are missing, an
Army communique said.
No fighter opposition was en-
countered over the airdromes, as
the Grman air force concentrated
its interceptors for a desperate de-
tense of the Brunswick targets,
where the war bulletin said the U.
S. flying fortresses and liberia
tors bombed their detectives
"visually with good results"
Bitter air battles ragged over
Brunswick and along the return
route. Escorting American fighters
there destroyed g. enemy aircraft.
Continued on Page Three; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-09

u, ny WILLIAM F. ARBOGAST
| The 4to;HlNGTON, April 8-lR-
Fn s llFSf month of the invasion OF
nope will cost the U. S, forces
|,bn maximum OF 100000 casualties,
cnrs 'hree times the losses in
/ ChsisU IN current operations,
|Hour.l man May D.-Ky.) of the
Tb; e Military committee says.
|troaS IS fhe figure the armed
|secsS and selective service are
|pJacsllAg on tentatively for re-
lew 'Nents. May said in an inter-
tm,. 'ooay 1t includes killed,
ho,t "oeo' captured and otherwise
Ns Scofted a. publicly expressed
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-09

vile in the SolOmons were set
afire by aerial patrol planes.
The targets included Kieta,
Numanuma and Buka, where
installations were damaged,
General MacArthur's commu-
nique said.
Naval units, presumably sur
face vessels, bombarded en-
envy positions east of the Toro-
kina perimeter near Empress
Augusta bay. The BougalnVllie
attacks followed the pattern OF
slowly hopping up all Jap
anese still entrenched ON the
Continued on Page Three; Col.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-09
|SS BLACK WARRIOR
lis LAUNCHED HERE
Vessel Christened By Mrs.
Homer L. Ferguson, OF
Newport News

The S. S, Black Warrior, 155th
vessel to near completion at the
yard Of the North Carolina Ship
Guiding company, was launched
Yesterday morning at 11:15 O'Clock
under the sponsorship of Mrs. Ho-
mer L. Ferguson of Newport
News Va, wife Of the chairman
o, the board of directors of the
company.
Hsr matron of honor was Mrs.
S'oFer P. Ware, of Wilmington.
Hetore the handsome CO ship
slo down the ways it was bless
"a oy the Right Rev. Thomas C.
DaES,, Of Wilmington, bishop of
Ie East Carolina diocese Of the
Episcopal church.
Inc vessel is named for an
n n.4e inca clipper craft. The origi-
Ia ,rl black Warrior was a medium
upper ship, and was launched
+iu III 4oo3 from the yard OF Aus
Nh M. and Company, Damariscotta,
i i4e, and was purchased by Will
r mam Wilson and Son, of Balti-
more for 500. 900.
Me- nef first voyage was made from
I,. y York to London, where she
+r'ued $500 tons of general car
- a and then sailed to Melbourn:
Az 10 days her best day being
; INV miles, while running her east.
,id rom Australia the Black War
s s,Uf sailed to the west coast Of
I W.. America and cleared Cal
u ,ao March 20 1865, arriving al
Ser Sew York June %, in SO days.
tora Il'y -mne days out the vesse
| ders. pun Noaoe iol u
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-09

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS,
Southwest Pacific, Sunday, APP
ril 9. The Japanese fortress
of Truk in the Carolines was
set afire Thursday under the
heaviest night raid yet launch
ed from the South Pacific, Gen.
Douglas Macarthur announced
today.
Fifty one tons Of explosives
blanketed the Dublon island
base in the Truk group, set
ting off great fires and col
umns of smoke.
Thirteen enemy planes were
also destroyed at Truk in a
raid Sunday, bringing to SO the
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-09
Rv CHARLES A. CRUNCH

NEW DELHI, April 8-tR-Allied
forces battling the japanese inva-
sion of India have thrown the
enemy out of one vital position
dominating the plain of 1mphal in
the north, occupied another one
which was abandoned and other
wise improved their positions in
the area, the Southeast Asia COM
mand announced today.
Although the location of these
successes was not given specifical-
ly, it was apparent the Japanese
had encountered strenuous oppo-
sition in their adventurous effort
to mount an about assault on I'm
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-09
FATALLY WOUNDED

WADESBORO, April 8. = R) =
Jack Hinson, 81, Norwood textile
operator, was fatally wounded to-
day and Sheriff S M. Gaddy said
Hinson's father-in-law, A. B. Ty-
son, so, Ansonville township farm
err, surrendered and told officers
he shot in self-defense.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-09
Allies Better Pos. lions
Throughout 1mph -tArea

phal and ha
least temper,
ward drive a
hima highway
of the Ben
Americ an-ope
the north.
The Allies
offensive az
communicate
win.
The Allied
so many Wor
engagement
Kohima area
Continued c
Evening star., 1944-03-13
\X&;:i \X&:;;: I; iiS' 5:
-

EXHIBIT.
Azalea show, Botanic Garden, 9
am. to 4:3o pm. daily through
Wednesday.
MEETINGS.
Potomac area, American Youth
Hostels, United States Chamber of
Commerce, 7:45 o'clock tonight.
California and Potomac hostel films.
National Capital Parks Camera
Strollers, Palisades Field House, 8
O'Clock tonight. Kodrachrome films
of the National Parks.
MUSIC.
Recorded concert, Jewish Com
munity Center, $50 o'clock tonight.
Marine Band, Marine Barracks
1890 pm. tomorrow.
Evening star., 1944-03-13
SEVERAL GUYS NAMED JOE

who were as busy as beavers behind their
rampant of sandbags surrounding 90-milli-
meter antiaircraft gun equipped with
Sperry -Vickers Power Control.
The Japs came into telescope sights. The
very efficient guys named Joe tracked them
until they were within range, passed up am
munition, stood by to pull the firing lever.
AS the gun began to FIRE, twenty-five shells
Evening star., 1944-03-13
THE PROFESSOR

How did the professor get into the storyl
The professor was machine. the Sperry
Antlaircraft Director. Ia lightning calcu-
lator that does problems in higher calculus
faster than twenty mathematicians.
While the guys named Joe were working,
the Professor was working, too. With the in
formation he got from the tracking sights, he
automatically figured the enemy's range, his
Evening star., 1944-03-13

BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.
@. When did Germany declare
war on England?-M. I. D.
A. There has been no official dec
laration of war.
@. What is the greatest distance
at which cannon fire can be heard?
e. c. c.
A. Continual fire has been heard
100 miles away, and, according to
somewhat doubtful records, as far as
800 miles.
@. What was the last play In
which John Wilkes Booth appeared?
IT. N. N.
A. "The Apostate," on March 10,
1865, in Ford's Theater, Washington.
@. What is the temperature Of the
Solomon Islands?-E. E. M.
A. The temperature at sea level
varies from an occasional maximum
Of about 80 degrees to a minimum OF
70. Humidity is high and the aver
age annual rainfall is 1854 inches.
@. Are newborn babies able tt
see?-E. L. H.
|, A. Experiments conducted by DR.
w. c. Beasley Of Johns Hopkins Uni
versity indicated that newborn
babies eyes can distinguish light
and perhaps ordinary objects.
Evening star., 1944-03-13

Servieemen may obtain additional
information on dances and other
activities by calling the United
Nations Center, National 5000, or
any of the following USO numbers,
Executive 0428, Republic 1927, Ma
tional 0614, National 3431 or, for
Negroes, Decatur 1894.
Evening star., 1944-03-13

to the minute, bombs spewed out of the
enemy planes. The sergeant was watching,
and a few seconds before the bombs struck
the ground, he blew his whistle. The crew
ducked behind the sandbags until the bursts
were over, then leaped to their jobs again.
One Jap plane fell in flames. Another
dived, out of control. The rest high-taed it
out of sight.
Evening star., 1944-03-13

Soldiers Home Band, Stanley
Hall, $50 pm. tomorrow.
FOR SERVICEMEN.
Stage Door Canteen, Belasco
Theater. tonight: Army War College
Dance Band, Army Air Forces Dance
Band and Capitol Theater show.
Evening star., 1944-03-13

appoint some experienced concilia-
tor to operate an enlarged and es-
pecially constructed Labor Depart
ment whose chief function would
be conciliation and mediation.
Reproduction Rights Reserved)
Evening star., 1944-03-13

1ss ue personal
escape the re-
sponsibility for
the orr in OF
such disputes.
In America in
stead Of pene-
trating to the
causes of the
coal strike, II
was deemed bet
ter to concen-
trate the Ma
tion's fury on
one man, and
while this hap
pened to satisfy
the r,npt.11n nrO-
Evening star., 1944-03-13

speed, the timing needed for the shell fuses,
and all other firing data. Then, through the
remote-control system cables to the Sperrv
Power Control, the Professor instantly sent
the data to the gun. This system aimed the
gun automatically, the shells screamed up
ward and burst where they would do the
most good.
Evening star., 1944-03-13

England, as the prime meridian.
Places to the east have faster time,
places to the west, slower time.
@. How much snow does it take to
equal l inch of rain?-C. E. L.
A. Ten inches of snow equals, on
the average, about inch of rain.
@. When was Canada first called
by this name?-L. o. B.
A. When Jacques Cartier (149l-c.
155O first sailed up the st. Lawrence
River, one of the first words he
learned from the natives was the
Huron "kanada," meaning village"
or settlement. Later he applied it
to the region around the village on
the site of present-day Quebec.
@. What islands recently were re-
ported to have vanished from the
South Atlantic Ocean?-D. F. F.
A. The British Admiralty report
ed the disappearance of Thompson
and Lindsay Islands, which have
been on charts since 1925.
Evening star., 1944-03-13

We believe it still is the best In fact, it's so
good it is almost worthy of the sergeants and
the guys named Joe who operate it.
But we don't sleep on that. The enemy is
smart, and we here at Sperry make it our
day-to-day job to try to keep ahead of him.
Evening star., 1944-03-13
| Huskin's
Answers to
Questions
(Reproduct

A reader can get the answer to any
question of fact by writing The Evening
Star Information Bureau, Frederic J..
Haskin, director, Washington, D. C..
Please inclose stamp for return postage.
Evening star., 1944-03-13

TIME PROFESSOR, and his Power Control,
i are Sperry inventions. They were de-
veloped over period of years in co-opera-
tion with the United States Army.
When America entered the war, her anti
aircraft equipment was the best in the world.
Evening star., 1944-03-13

@. Upon what meridian is stand
ard time for the world based?-
M. E. A.
A. It Is counted from Greenwich.
Evening star., 1944-03-13
Grim Reminder
British Coal Strike Shows Democracies
Have Yet to Solve Their Labor Problems
By DAVID LAWRENCE.

The strike Of 100000 workers in the coal mines of Britain
grim reminder that the big
as yet solved their respective labor problems.
Over in Britain, they have calling
unparoc especially the coming
is John whom
Evening star., 1944-03-13

Within few seconds, the sergeant had given
certain orders... "Japs coming in at z o'clock
-. on target -. . begin tracking . 6rel" He
gave these orders to-.
Evening star., 1944-03-13
THE SERGEANT

Hewas in charge Of an antiaircraft gun crew.
From warning station half mile away, he
got news of enemy planes approaching from
the northeast. ..s, a4.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-01

Immediately wrote to the Prince;
Il have dreadful news. Your daughter has
been abducted"
mot so dreadful" answered the father. "She
is here with me in Monte Carlo"
WHEN Charlotte arrived in Monte Carlo she
w was fnelooking girl frank in her feelings,
full of laughter but quite artess. AT first she saw
everything rose-colored, understanding nothing Of
the things in the Temple of Play.
When Charlotte did find out what occurred in
the Casino which has been called den OF crooks
and courtesans" she was shocked at her sad
dening discovery that she reproached her royal
papa with living the sins and mseries of others,
and implored him TO end this gambling wickedness
1t took Prince Louis long time TO persuade
his darling that the revenues of the Casino came
from reckless millionaires, who could well affoI~
to lose money, and that it would be wrong TO de-
prive her family of its income and the Monaco
people of employment furnished by the gamesters
Reconciled at last to this state OF affairs, Char
lote enjoyed for a time untroubled felicity but
it was not long before her JOY became couded.
After having been "legitmatized" at the re-
quest of old Prince Albert prince Louis father,
who thought his would never marry and
October ]. 1914
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-01

of Monaco, then cavalry officer in
the crack Third Regiment of French Chasseurs
stationed at Constantine, the deserts fringe.
1t appears that the Prince, who carried more
than his burden Of the boredom common TO all
well born creatures trying to break the
monotony of garrison life by cheating his brother
officers at cards and by getting uproariously
drunk when Fate threw Marie Louvet in his way.
Prince Louis became violently enamored Of the
washlady. He was all the more pleased with her
when he learned that she hailed from his home
town of Marchais, France, where the Grmaldis,
his ancestors, reared castle long years ago
AS for the laundress she tremendously
impressed by the Princes prodgous martinez airs
But not long after the birth of their daughter
Charlotte Louise Julette, the ficklehearted Louis
deserted the washlady to live in Monaco.
Until Charlotte reached the age of Il, the
mother kept sending letters to the Prince, limiting
what she would do if he did not do something for
his child. One day while the girl was delivering
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-07-21

this plank satisfied neither the
southern white supremacy" Demo
Gratis nor the northern New Deal
factions.
Also included IN the COP plank
was an immediate congressional
investigation OF mistreatment and
segregation Of negroes in the arm.
ed forces.
A "peace-by.the-sword" foreign
policy delegation by the Democrats
topped the COP platforms promise
Of cooperation with sovereign ma.
lions" and the use OF peace
forces.
The COP foreign platform was
sharply criticized by Wendell Will
kie, the party's $40 standard-bear.
er, who held It contained "Phoney
phrases" and was ambiguous.
Calling for maintenance OF an
international court OF Justice, the
Democrats also pledged support OF
the Atlantic Charter. the Four Free.
doms. and the Administrations
good neighbor" policy.
Against "World state
The Republicans came out flatly
against joining a world state.
Alphabetically, the Democrats
stood on their record. promising
continued price guarantees and
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-07-21
Platforms Differ on Racial, Peace Issues

crop insurance; aid to the small
farmer in home ownership; extern
sion OF rural electrihcation: and
development OF broader domestic
and foreign markets for agricultur-
al products.
The Republican m-plank. offer
ing for the first time price sup
ports TO producers and modified"
agriculture adjustment agency to
handle surplus emergencies. de-
nounced RECOMMENDATION and confus-
ing government regulation.
We oppose subsidies as a substi-
tute for fair markets" the Repub-
licans stated. however.
Work Promised
On domestic issues, the Republi.
cans offered a program ito put men
10 work in peace industry as
promptly as possible.
The Democrats promised aid to
coal miners. an equal rights amend.
ment for women, and assurance OF
employment and economic Securi-
" o service men and women. Low.
er taxes after the war, release Of
wartime controls as quickly as pos.
sible and "a faith in competitive
private enterprise" free from con.
troll. were specified in the Demo
Gratis view and policies.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-07-21
Dewey Given
World SURVEY

Albany, N. Y. July FLAP -
First hand information on condi-
tons and thought in wartime Rus
STA becomes available to Gov. Tho
mas E. Dewey today through the
visit Of Eric A. Johnson, president
Of the United States Chamber Of
Commerce.
Johnson, who comes to Albany
for an afternoon conference with
the Republican presidential nomi.
nee, returned recently from Mos.
COW where he engaged in a series e.
conversations with Russia's Pre-
mi n, Joseph Stain.
II was also expected his talk
with Dewey would touch upon re-
conversion OF industry from a war.
time to a peacetime basis, a sub
tect OF interest to the L. S. Cham
Der Of Commerce and one which
the governor indicated this wenk
would be major Republican issue
In the presidential campaign.
Meanwhile Dewey. Withholding
comment on the fourth-term nomi-
nation OF President Roosevelt and
other developments OF the Demo
cratic national convention at Chi.
cago, went about the planning Of
his own campaign
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-07-21
Silent Film
Star Taken

Hollywood. July 2l-AP-Death
in comparative obscurity has taken
Mildred Harris, one OF the silent
screens most beautiful and highly
paid actresses and a link with the
opulent Hollywood OF the gold-door.
knob and expansive swimming pool
era.
Miss Harris. Al. native Of Chey-
enne, Wyo. died yesterday OF com.
plications following an abdominal
operation. She had so far faded
from the public eye that few knew
she had resumed her screen ca.
reer about five years ago and had
been steadily employed as a bit
player, where once she was
reigning star adored by millions.
Miss Harris was the first wife OF
Comedian Charlie Chaplin. She
married him in 1918 when she was
only is. but was an already-estab-
lished star. She resented the more
See HARRfS-Page
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-07-21
Women to Help
Revolt in Dixie

Chicago, July 2l-INS-South-
ern women, up in arms over the
Democratic national conventions
abandonment OF Jeffersonian Demo
cratic principles. began leaving for
home today to stir the Dixie re-
volt" into hot flames for the No
vember election.
The soft.spoken bellies OF the
southland were taking a leading
part in opposing the New Deal.
Proud southerners. who once boast
ed they were the backbone OF the
Democratic party, were angry and
resentful today as they saw their
traditions crushed under the weight
Of the powerful Clio political ma
chine and northern politicians fear
Of the negro vote.
I'VE in the South are going 20
make ourselves heard and the re-
volt Is going to spread" said pref
ty, efficient Miss Hazel Brannon,
convention delegate. publisher OF
two newspapers in Durant and Lex
ington. in Holmes County. Missis-
sippi, and one OF the leaders in the
Mississippi revolt.
"A majority o. the Mississippi
electors will cast their votes IN
November for a good Democrat
other than the convention noml.
nee" Miss Brannon predicted.
Their action. she said, will be the
direct result OF the Democratic con.
ventlon's platform committee ac-
ton.