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SENATE STUDIES
DANIELS ACTION
Contempt Proceedings May
Be Started A gainst
Aide To FDR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 29.-R-
Another lon g. smouldering Con-
gress-White House issue headed
toward a possible showdown to-
day when a Senate group ordered
inaryt ocon sideri ngco ntemp
study Of law and precedents pre-
liminary to considering contempt
proceedings against Jonathan
Daniels, one of President Roose-
velt's administrative assistants.
Senator Gillette D.-1owa), one
of the group, said he thought a
contempt action would be begun
and declared that at issue is the
question whether Congress can in
vestigate a government agency.
eff witnesses continue to claim
that their testimony is incompati-
BILE to the public interest,"" Gil
lette said, "the thing can be car
ried to the point where Congress
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200 TB Patients Believed Here

According to a nationally estab-
lished formula on tuberculosis,
there are probably 208 cases exist
int in New Hanover county, ac-
cording to e statement by P. P.
Mccain, superintendent of state
hospitals, to DR.. A. H. Elliot, city
county health officer.
DR.. Elliot said Tuesday that
there are Al known cases in the
county at the present time, and
% of the county's patients in state
institutions.
Mccain said in a letter to DR..
Elliot that it has been found, by
careful surveys in different parts
of the country that there are prac-
tically always from eight to ten
times the number of clinical cases
of tuberculosis in a given commune
ty as there are deaths from the
disease in the same area.
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SINCE the 1anulnS LneTe over 1--we
weeks ago.
In a dispatch from that con-
stricted Allied holding, Edward
Kennedy of the Associated Press
said that the Nazis were not con-
centrating on any particular tar
get Of the many within their OBJ
servation, but were blazing away
at the beachhead in general.
Therefore, he said, the fire was
not intensive at any given point.
There also were air alerts, Ken.
nedy radioed, indicating the Ger
man air force was out in some
strength again after several days
of almost complete inactivity.
tuesdays German high com.
mand communique said that &C.
ton by crack Nazi troops '1ed
to local Improvements of German
positions in the beachhead, but
there was no indication from either
side that the 10 German divisions
opposing the beachhead has open
ed another general assault on AL
lied positions.)
Skirmishing continued in the
broken terrain southwest of the
village of Carroceto, where Brit
ish troops were reported yester-
day to have seized two Nazi
strongpoints after two days OF
sharp fighting. A series of small
enemy attacks were repulsed in
that neighborhood yesterday, but
rain and soggy ground restricted
operations mainly to patrol prob
ing and the interminable artillery
exchanges.
Despite the bad weather.. Arneri-
can Invader dive-pombers again
spread wreckage over three Nazi
airfields near Rome - Littorio,
Marcigliano and Guidonia - and
Mitchell medium bombers attack
ed the Canine field northwest of
the Italian capital. Warhawk fight
ers raked German gun positions
north of tie beachhead. In all, the
Allied air force made about 600
flights and lost three planes. Not a
Nazi craft was seen.
It was announced that an Amer
lean cruiser which steamed off the
coast near Anzio Sunday and shot
it out with German artillery in the
hills scored excellent" results.
Weather on the Fifth and Eighth
Army fronts stretching across the
shin Of the Italian boot still held
fighting to virtual standstiu.
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The state superintendent wrote
that he hoped New Hanover coun-
ty could complete arrangements on
the new county sanitorium, stating
that Durham county was permitted
to go ahead with the expenditure
of $4,000 in remodeling a prison
camp for county sanitorium and
in addition, with the purchase of
between $4,000 and $4,000 worth
Of equipment.
There would be all the more
reason for New Hanover county
being permitted to build new in
stitution since the establishment of
the airbase necessitated the clos
ure of the Red Cross sanitorium, {"
he said.
DR.. Elliot stated that with the
completion Of Durham caknty hos
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phasized that point in announcing
destruction by submarines of IA
more Japanese ships and telling
newsmen that American undersea
fighters are growing in skill.
Accurate figures on the size of
the merchant fleet that constituted
Japan's only hope of holding to-
gether her empire Of ocean-wide
banditry never have been avail
able. But estimates of her original
tonnage plus ships seized in the
original wave of conquest range
around 100000.
Naval officers have indicated
they have reason to hope that the
Japanese efforts to replace losses
with new construction have not
been too successful. They have
drawn support for that hope from
the enemy's increasing use of
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80 TONS BOMBS USED
Seven Atolls In MarshaHs
Are Raided By U. S.
Army Planes

u. S. PACIFIC FLEET HEAD.
QUARTERS, Pearl Harbor, Feb.
29.-R-American planes dropped
80 tons Of bombs Sunday on Ponape
in the Carolines and nearly so tons
on seven unidentified Marshalls
atolls in central Pacific neutraliz-
ing raids, Adm. Chester w. Nimitz
announced today in a press re-
lease.
Navy search planes strafed dock
areas and small ship at Kusaie
in the eastern Carolines Feb. 26.
Army Libecators carried out the
Ponape raid which caused fires
and explosions.
Results Not Known
Army Liberators, Mitchells, War
hawk fighters, Dauntless dive
bombers and navy search Ventures
delivered the blows against the
Marshalls. The results of those at
tacks were not reported.
The press release said several OF
the raiding planes were damaged
by anti-aircraft fire but all return.
ed.
The announcement follows:
aircraft of the 7th Army Ali
Force and search planes of Fleet
Air Wing 2 on Feb. 1921 (Wesi
Longitude Date bombed and ma.
chine gunned Japanese-held posi-.
tons in the Caroline and Marshall
islands.
Fires, Explosions
"Army Liberator bombers hit
Ponape with 80 tons of bombs on
Feb. 81, causing fires and explo.
sions. Navy search planes strafed
dock areas and a small ship al
Kuseie on Feb. 26.
NEARLY so tons of bombs were
dropped on seven enemy-held atolls
in the Marshall islands on Feb. q
by Army Liberator and Mitchell
bombers, Army Warhawk fighters,
Army Dauntless dive bombers and
Navy Search Ventures.
Several of our planes were dam.
aged by anti-aircraft fire, but all
returned to their base"
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Moscow Reveals Peace Offer Sent
To Finland; NEGOTIATIONS Prepared

LONDON, Feb. 29.@REThe So
Wet government demanded tonight
that Finland Immediately break re-
lations with Germany and intern
all German troops and ships in
Finland-with Soviet armed help if
necessary - as a preliminary to
official negotiations in Moscow
for peace.
This was the foremost of six de-
mands broadcast officially over the
Moscow radio and recorded here
by the Soviet monitor. Official
peace moves are dependent on the
termination of military opera
tions," the broadcast said.
The Finnish parliament held two
secret sessions in Helsinki during
the day to debate the question of
peace or continued war with Rus
STA, but an official announcement
gave no indication that decision
had been reached. .~. r--.s-
The Russians also demanded
with ''immediate' acceptance spe-
peace treaty of 1910 be restored
the withdrawal of Finnish troops
to the 1910 borders.
The Soviets also demanded that
all Soviet and Allied prisoners of
war and citizens interaed in Fin
land be released, but said territor-
ial questions would be left for fur
Their negotiations.
The Russian broadcast said ga
prominent Swedish industrialist"
brought Julio K. Paasikivi, Fin
nish diplomat, and Madam Alex
andra Kollantay, Russian ambas-
sador to Sweden, together in Stock
holm on Feb. 16 and Paasikivi ask
ed for the Soviet peace conditions.
The Russians agreed to negotiate
with the present Finnish regime
ION termination of military opera
TONS" said the broadcast, record
ed by the Soviet monitor.
According to the Moscow radio
Madame Kol1antay transmitted
these terms:
l. Rupture Of relations with Ger
many and internment of German
troops and ships in Finland.
2. Restoration of the Soviet Fin
nish treaty of 1910 and the with.
drawal of Finnish troops to the
borders of 1910.
3. The immediate return of So
Wet and Allied prisoners of war
as well as Soviet and Allied citi-
zens who are kept in concentra-
ton camps or who are used by the
Films for labor.
: 4. The question of the partial
Rehabilitation of the Finnish ar
my will be left to future negotia-
lions in Moscow.
5. The question of PREPARATIONS for
any damage inflicted on the Soviet
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BOLD ALLIED STROKE
Gen. Macarthur Watches
New Invasion From
Bridge Of Ship

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS,
Southwest Pacific, Wednesday,
March L. Up Destroyer borne
American troops yesterday struck
boldly across the Bismarck sea to
land on the northeastern shores of
the Admiralty islands in surprise
paneuvez' directed by Gen. Doug
las Macarthur from the bridge of
a warship.
The landing not only frightened
the Allied development of some
$1,000 Japanese in the Rabaul, New
Britain, area but also severed the
enemy's east-West chain of supply
and offensive bases.
The warships carried units of the
First Cavalry Division across wa
ter which a few months ago was
considered a Japanese lake"
Watches Landing
Macarthur watched his soldiers
land on Los Negros island, off the
northeastern tip of Manus island.
and received the report from the
landing force commander, Brig.
Gen. William C. Chase, that his
veterans had swept aside enemy
resistance to seize Momote air
strip in excellent condition.
So completely was the enemy
surprised that not a single Japa-
nese plane or warship appeared to
interfere with the operation which,
turned the eastern flank of the
enemy's once formidable southern
defense line.
The daring thrust carried the
Americans 235 miles north of the
foothold gained by the First Ma.
rine Corps Division at Cape Glou-
cester, on the northwestern tip Of
New Britain, Dec. 26.
=--s1.e--r Aerial Pounding
The landing was preceded by
aerial pounding and bombardment
by Seventh Fleet warships under
Vice Adm. Thomas C. Kinkaid.
Rear Adm. Daniel E. Barbey.
veteran of several landing opera
lions IN the Southwest Pacific, COM
manded the amphibious force from
which the dismounted cavalrymen
embarked in small boats to thread
their way through the reefs firing
ing Los Negros island.
Progressive deterioration of the
enemy's position along the eastern
end of his defense chain into the
American seizure Of vital points
on both sides of Vitiaz strait
prompted this streamlined surprise
maneuver, to determine the enc
my's strength on what was once
an important link in the Japanese
island supply line.
Macarthur in his communique
said the Admiralty islands "stand
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REYNOLDS SLATED
FOR TRIAL TODAY

/ CHARLOTTE, Feb. 20 - up -
Pvt. Charles Lewis Reynolds Of
Columbus, o., is docketed for trial
tomorrow in Superior court on a
murder charge in the strangula-
ton death of Pvt. Lee M. Riley
OF Webster City, Iowa, in hotel
room here February 7.
Solicitor John G. Carpenter in
Dictated tonight that the state would
accept a plea of guilty of second
degree murder if it is offered.
Riley was found dead, with a
sWeatshirt sleeve twisted about his
neck, and the death was attributed
to strangulation.
Hotel officials said two soldiers
had registered for the room two
days earlier.
Reynolds was apprehended later
n Columbus, O., and police Of
that city and Charlotte quoted him
as saying he ard Riley had been
in a fight shortly after taking the
room.
Reynolds has been held without
privilege of bond since his return
here from Columbus.
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COMPROMISE VOTE
BILL IS OFFERED

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2e.-tR+-A
weeks-long deadlock over service
vote legislation gave way late to-
day as Senate and House confer
ees brought out a surprise COM
promise authorizing use of the ad-
ministration's Federal absentee
ballot for those states that want it.
The compromise bill was writ
ten by Reps. Bonner O.-N.C) and
Lecompte (R.-Iowa).
The acknowledgements by
Federal ballot advocates and all
the estates Rights" supporters ex-
cept Rep. Rankin Cd. -Miss.) -calls
for:
Use of a Federal ballot for
voters of states which have no alb
sentee voting machinery if the
governor certifies by Aug. 1 that
the Federal form is acceptable.
2.-Use of a Federal ballot to
supplement state absentee ballots
if the governor certifies the Fed
eral form is acceptable under
state law.
3-servicemen and women, to
use the Federal ballot. must swear
that they have applied for a State
ballot and have not received it
by Oct. 1. Thus the Federal ballot
could be used only as the second
choice to State ballots.
Conference reports usually are
approved by Congress. The for
mality of approval. if it turns out
to be formality. will not be Civ
en- before next week because the
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AREA VINO OFFICE
TPLANNED HERE
Dorton Gives Meaning Of
Labor Ruling Requir-
ing 4S Hour Week j..

Plans for establishment of an
area War Manpower Commission
office in Wilmington were an
nounced Tuesday by DR.. j. S.
Dorton, of Raleigh, state VINO di.
rector, as he Interpreted the mean.
ing of a Group 1 area in which
Wilmington has just been placed.
The War Manpower Commits
sion's requirements for Group
areas include 48-hour work week
basis for all activities; letting no
new contracts and renewing no old
ones, except under specific condi-
tions; and controlled hiring Of
workers.
DR.. Dorton said the new work
week basis means that all employ
ers with eight or more employees
in Wilmington will be required to
offer 4o hours a week work to their
workers, with time and one-half
pay over 40 hours. However, it is
not compulsory for employees to
accept 48-hour work week.
The principal reason for placing
Wilmington in a Number 1 area,
he said. is to release some en-
ployes" for the tight labor market
here. He explained that by adopt
ing the 48-hour work week that
some employers here should be
able to reduce their forces, there
tore making manpower available
essential industries now needing
workers.
The Wilmington area, embracing
New Hanover, Brunswick, Column
Gus and Fender counties and
camp Davis in Onslow county, has
until April 1 in which to come
INTO full compliance with the War
Manpower Commissions require
meats for an area of current acute
labor shortage.
Area Director Henry I. Shep
aefo, who is already making
plans for putting Group 1 regula-
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RUSSIANS FIGHT
CLOSE TO PSK0V
Point Six Miles North OF
City Captured By Ad-
vancing Soviets

LONDON, Wednesday, March l
LIP - Moscow announced today
that the Red Army was swiftly ad-
vancing upon Pskov despite fran
tic German attempts at defense
and yesterday swept up $50 local.
ties, one of them six miles north of
that Nazi fortress guarding the
Baltic states.
At the same time a Stockholm
report said the Russians made a
new westward stab into Estonia
by crossing Lake Peipus and es7
tablishing bridgeheads. These re-
ports, based on Helsinki dispatch
es, said the Russians were striv-
ing to reinforce these footholds
and were also attacking across the
narroWs between Lakes Peipus
and Pskov.
Sixty-five miles southeast of
Pskov other Soviet forces cap
tured Novorzhev after sudden
maneuver which routed tie 218th
German infantry division. The
Moscow communique and its mid
night supplement said.
In a third area-far to the south
in the Ukraine-the Russians be-
gan an offensive south of Krivoi
Rog captured 70 towns and ham
lets in an advance along the In
guletS River to Nikolaevka, 26
miles away, wiping out a Ger
man regiment and 700 more Ger
mans, said the communicates, rec
orded by the Soviet monitor from
a broadcast.
Fighting in the north, on the
outskirts of the ancient trading
center of Pskov, the Russians were
reported to have captured Pogore-
lka, six miles north of the city,
Kutuzovo, II miles southeast and
Malkovo, % miles souHlea ST.
Malkova is 26 miles from the Lat
Wan frontier.
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MARCH IS COMING
IN LIKE A LION

March is coming in, as its old
,m1,a:,altlon, like ion'', Paul Hess,
W. Mllmlngton Weatherman, stated
tuesday, though not such a saw
age beast" The wind was travel
s northwest at the rate of 80
'1eS per hour at 3 pm. Tuesday.
last year, March came in like
~ wet lamb. Hess said that rainy
s nealf1er prevailed during tn S
month in 1913.
4, me skict-flipping and hat chas-
tos D Of that tonseled Whining
s .Ln tuesday is expected to calm
% Sown during the night. bringing the
90 so9e[,mometer down with it to about
Nd ss oegfees. However, Hess declar-
sine NJ me outlook is fair weather
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ADMIRALTY ISLES INVADED,
CAR0L|NES, MARSHALLS HIT
Half Of Japs' Original Merchant
Fleet Sunk, Secretary Knox Says

WASHINGTON, Feb. 49, H -
American sea and air forces, whit
ling industriously at Japan's life
line of conquest, were reported by
Secretary of the Navy Knox today
to have Uttered the Pacific's bot
tom with nearly half the merchant
tonnage with which the Nipponese
started the war.
more warships, more planes,
more submarines are going out to
join the hunt" Knox said just a
year ago in reporting destruction
of almost one-third'' of the ene-
my's cargo shipping.
Today at news conference he
disclosed results of that hunt -
well over" three million tons sunk
since Pearl Harbor.
And the rate of destruction shows
no sign of Slackening. Knox en-
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barges for fairly long inter-island
hauls of both men and materials.
Asserting that American subma-
rines are growing more success
full" Knox made public the latest
communicate on undersea forays in
to enemy waters. The tabulation of
sinkings was headed by one large
tanker, highly important to the
enemy in maintaining defense
bases. The other ships were me-
diminished cargo transport, small
cargo vessel, and II medium cargo
ships.
Those figures bring to Gil the
number of Nipponese ships of all
kinds - including some warships
sunk, probably sunk or damaged
by submarine action. The total in
cludes 81 vessels sunk, So prob
ably sunk. and ia damaged.
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Spare Stamp 4 To Be
Good For Five Points
For Purchasing Pork

WASHINGTON, Feb. 29-R
Spare Stamp Number -Four
in War Ration Book -Four will
be good for five points worth
of all types of pork Wednesday
through Saturday, the Office
of Price Administration an
nounced today.
Price administrator Chester
Bowles described valuation OF
the new pork bonus stamp as
"purely a temporary mea-
sure"
'This stamp will not be need
ed after Saturday, since the
March point values became ef-
fective Sunday" Bowles said.
eve have cut pork values for
March very sharply.
The number four pork stamp,
will be good for all types of
sausage, regardless Of pork
content.
The last pork bonus stamp
Number Three spare in Book
Four-expired last Saturday.
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PORK, BEEF VALUES
REDUCED BY 0PA
Number OF Cuts To Require
Less Points, Effective
Sunday

WASHINGTON, Feb. 90 Up -
The Office of Price Administration
gave housewives a pleasant sur
prise today in announcing that pork
and number OF beef cuts will
cost fewer ration points beginning
Sunday. .--a.
The move was unexpected since
the agency had predicted several
times that meat points would be
adjusted upward during the next
few months. However, it was ex-
planned today that producers have
been sending livestock to market
in larger numbers than expected.
Lamb, veal and mutton items
will continue at present values,
production being good enough to
forestall cuts that had been indi-
Gated.
The current 16-point value on
butter also will be maintained, as
will the prevailing point rates for
lard, cheese and other dairy pro-
ducts.
The lower meat point values al
so take into consideration the fact
that til e new ten-point ration
stamps give housewives one point
less a week for meats and fats.
The point value of every ration
ed pork item except spareribs is
cut one to three points in the new
table, while beef cuts used for
roasts, rib steaks and stews are
reduced one to two points.
The downward adjustments bring
the average point value of pork
to IL points a pound, OPA said,
and put the average point value OF
all rationed meat in March at 40
points against an average of ap-
proximately five points at present.
The agency estimated that the
overall meat ration in March will
be about eight per cent greater
than during February.
OPA Administrator Chester W.
Bowles said that pork will make
up more than half the total supply
of meat in March, with 650,000,0 900
pounds expected to be available.
(Continued on Page Seven; Col. 81
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pital, there will be seven county
operated sanitoriums in the state.
Mecklinburg, Guilford and For
sythe counties each have hospitals
of more than 100 beds, he said.
Wake, Wilson and Cumberland
counties also have county institu-
tons.
DR.. Elliot stated that in 1910
there were three deaths, one of
which was a nonresident, and %
Negro deaths, one a nonresident.
In 1941, there were three white
deaths and % Negro deaths, one
nonresident. The year 1912 show
ed that there were six white deaths
two of which were nonresident.
and 20 Negro deaths, three non.
residents. In 1913, five white pa.
tents died; two were non-residents.
and 10 Negro; one NONRESIDENT.
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Meekins Orders Case
Involving Apartments
Here To Be Continued

ELIZABETH CITY, Feb. 20.
@RCJubge l. M. Meekins in
a hearing here today ordered
continued until April ~ the
Cape Fear apartments rent
control action case of Whining
ton. :
The hearing will come up in
the Wilmington term of FEEDER
al court on that date.
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Nazis Use Big Artillery
On The Beachhead Front

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, Naples, Feb. 29-QF9-
German artillery heights overlooking the Anzo beach
head below Rome roared into fuhroated action today
spraying Allied troops and installations throughout the
100-square-m with of the heaviest sheings
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North Carolina: Partly cloudy and con.
tinued rather cold Wednesday and We'd
nesday night. Thursday partly CLOUDY
and slightly warmer.
additional weather on Page 3; Col. g,
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