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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-21
FRANKFURT AREA
GIVEN FASTING
1000 Planes Take To Air
During Day To Batter
Enemy Targets

LONDON, March 2O.-tREFight
err escorted U. S. Flying Fortress
es and Liberators, laundering
through pea soup clouds, bombed
military targets in the Frankfurt
area today in the major operation
of day which say between
1000 and 2,1OO British-based AL
lied planes of all types in the all
against the Germans.
The formation which made the
400-mile trip to Frankfurt was de
scribed in a U. S. Army com
munique as medium sized" Il
consisted of between $50 to 5O(
bombers escorted by even strong.
err formations of Thunderbolts
Lightnings and Mustangs of the
U. S. Eighth and Ninth Air Forces
Six American bombers and eight
fighters failed to return, the wal
bulletin said, while the escorting
fighters brought down four Of the
German planes of the few encoun.
tered in the dense clouds.
The formation flew in weather
so bad that the crews of the bomb
ers sometimes could not see the
ships flying beside them. Driving
unerringly to the targets the
bombers again used instruments
to drop their loads through the
clouds.
The Frankfurt radio network
broadcast warnings tonight that AL
lied aircraft were crossing southern
Belgium toward Frankfurt, indi
eating that Raj bombers were
bound for the Reich.
While the Fortresses and Liber'
ators were conducting this scienti'
fic bombing in this, the sixth day
of shattering aerial offensive, a
much stronger force of lighter
planes - american -Marauders ano
Thunderbolts and British Bostons.
Mitchells, Mosquitoes, Typhoons ano
Spitfires-plastered the Nazis' At
lantic Wall and targets slightly
deeper in France in fine weather
Some of the lighter planes oper.
CONTINUED on Page Ten; Col. s.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-21
THIRD MEADOWS
HEARING IS SET

GREENVILLE, N. c., March 20
- ZAP Trustees of East Carolina
Teachers College will hold their
third public hearing tomorrow on
state auditors report that Presi-
dent Leon R. Meadows has not
satisfactorily accounted for $4,000
in school funds.
At the second hearing here a
week ago. Meadows said that al
though the report showed he han
died $26, O66. AZ from July l, 1884 to
June 30, 1913, he actually handled
$37. 304.69. The auditors said that
the amount ''for which we are
reasonably satisfied the college stu
dents received benefit totaled ST.
430.08.
On cross-examination, however,
Attorney General Harry MCMILLAN
tried to show that figures in Mea-
dow's personal memorandum book
had been altered after first being
inspected by the auditors. McMul-
Ian introduced a photoStatic copy
of the book to support his con-
tention.
Mcmillan also introduced an en-
velope, containing a memorandum
and about $500 earmarked for a
piano. The date it contained was
1888, but the attorney general pre-
scented a letter from the paper man.
ufacturer saying that particular
type of paper was not manufa ctur-
ed until 1910. Mcmillan tried to
show that Meadows did not put
aside that sum until the auditors
started their investigation of &C.
couns.
Mcmillan said he would attend
tomorroW's hearing
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-21
ACTION IS RESISTED
Nation Is Reported Taken
Over Lock, Stock And
Barrel

LONDON, March 90 Up The
German army was reported tonight
to have taken over Hungary lock.
stock and barrel-against resisting
Hungarian forces whose leaders
were within the Reich, Reuters
said-in an effort to lock the back
door against Red army which
has already crossed the Bessara-
bian frontier.
From Berlin came indications
that the Nazis were preparing to
seize control of other southeastern
Europe satellites.
Hungarians Resist
A Reuters dispatch from Stock
holm said Hungarian troops resist
ed the German march in, made
from both Germany on the north
and Rumania Oh the south, but
had no details.
The Germans were said to have
made their swoop while Regent
Nicholas Horthy and Gen. Chevy,
Hungarian commander in chief
were held virtual prisoners afte-c:
comforting at Hitler's headquart-
ers.
The Hungarians were widely re-
ported during the day to have balk-
ed at Hitler's demands they resist
the Russian advance, which is
treatment to inundate Hitler's
Danubian storehouse and his Bal.
kan Allies, and neutral sources
said the invasion was also design
ed to thwart any Hungarian peace
bid.
Germans Fearful
Turkish sources said the German
action was inspired also by fear
of an Allied landing in the Adriatic,
a fear raised by the American
bombing of the Hungarian trans
Danubian rail centers.
The Bulgarian assembly was
scheduled to meet Wednesday, 81
multaneously with a slated Hun
garian parliament session, said an
Ankra report, which added: 1.-THE
announcements of these twin met
ings created speculation wheth-
er the Hungars and Bulgars are
planning some common action"
(OWI said the Sofia radio an
nounced that the Bulgarian regen-
cy conferred today with Premier
Dobri BoZhilov.)
Later in the day, direct con-
firmation of the occupation came
Continued on Page Ten; Col. g.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-21
County Medical Society
Endorses TB SanitOrium

A letter from the New Hanover
Medical Society was received and
recognized by the Board of County
Commissioners at its weekly meet.
ing Monday afternoon, which stat.
ed that the group, which met
March Is, passed unanimously a
resolution stating that the group
Ego on record as endorsing the
idea and confirming the need OF
the tuberculosis Sanitorium in New
Hanover county.
Commissioner Lewis Coleman
stated that it was his opinion that
the Medical Society should know
the needs of an institution of this
type in New Hanover county, and
stated that he would appreciate
it if the group made report be-
fore the board, stating the number
of beds and other requirements,
that would fill the needs of this
county.
The communication received by
the board was signed by DR.. C..
B. Davis, secretary of the Medical
Society.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-21
Destroyer Escort Ship
Is Reported Lost In
Atlantic By The Navy

WASHINGTON, March Co.,
Loss of the destroyer escort Leo
pold in the Atlantic on March 10
due to an underwater explosion
was announced today by the Navy.
The communique did not say
how many casualties occurred, re-
porting only that next of kin had
been notified.
This was the first reported loss
of a destroyer escort, the new
type of ship built especially for
anti-submarine work in Atlantic
and Mediterranean waters. De-
stroyer escorts usually carry a
complement of about 10 men. The
1,300-ton Leopold was about 300
feet long.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-21
NAILS GIVE Up
CASINO HOTEL
Fresh Enemy Troops Infil-
trate Into Southwest
Corner OF Town
BY LYNN HEINZERLING .,

WITH THE FIFTH ARMY AT
CASINO, March 90 Up The
Germans have surrendered the
Continental Hotel which they had
converted into powerful fortress
but fresh troops infiltered into the
southwest corner of the town last
night and heavy fighting was in
progress all day today.
The tough German parachute
troopers who gave up the fight for
the hotel yesterday were from the
command of 1t. Gen. Richard Hell
drich, who had Toasted that his
first parachute troop division would
throw the Allied forces out of Cas-
sino. Although he is far from full
filling that boast tonight, New Zea-
land troops and tanks were en-
countering unusual resistance from
few points in the southwestern
part of the town. The valley itself
was an exstremely hot spot as the
Germans sprayed shells over the
countryside, which is just taking
on the appearance of spring with
a few struggling blossoms.
The stiffening enemy resistance
in the Casino area was apparent
all along the roads leading to the
town. New Zealanders, who had
been repairing the roads barehead-
ed, turned up today with helmets.
The manner in which the Ger
mans manage to reinforce their
troops still was a subject of specu-
lation. The most popular report
was that tunnel runs down
through Monastery Hill from the
abbey to the town. Another report,
however, said Allied bombing had
destroyed the tunnel.
Although the battle appeared to
be progressing favorably for the
Allies, the Germans fought dog
gedly to retain their hold on the
southwest. corner of the town and
on Hill 1865 above it. Indion troops
were within 100 yards of the Mon
astery on top of the hill, but are
cut off from regular supply lines
and are being provisioned by plane.
Possession of Monastery Hill ap-
peared necessary for control of the
situation.
Allied artillery gave the attack
ing ground troops effective support,
blasting German positions at al
most point blank range, while
Warhawk fighter planes gunned
Nazi infantry at times only 20
yards ahead of the Allied lines.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-21

ed and bombed Mill atolI IN the
Marshalls. American bombers sank
an entire five-ship Japanese con-
voy at Wewak. Hundreds of jap
anese sailors and troops we're lost
as three corvettes and two medi-
UNI transports were destroyed.
Bombers unloaded l13 tons of ex-
plosives on Wewak shore targets
while destroyers moved in and
shelled the area. Sixty tons dashed
Rabaul, Japanese base on New
Britain.
In Burma the Japanese, pushing
out of remote bases along the Up
Per Chindwin, started a fight that
appeared to be the heaviest IN that
war zone in two years. After
bitter two-day battle in the It'd
dim sector on the southern flank
of the Nippon drive, the Japanese
were forced to withdraw. They sus.
tanned severe casualties.
Nippon detectives were do lble-
barreled-fizst, to pierce the jun
giles on midas Assam frontier to-
ward the British Imphal bas=: and
second, to reach the supply lines
feeding Allied forces in north Bur
ma and the U. S. airforce in China,
Meanwhile Chinese and Ameri-
can forces were forging southwark
from the Hukawng Valley into the
Mogaung Valley toward Myitkyi-
ma, rs miles away. The outflank-
ed japanese there were falling
back from the mountains east of
Jambu Bum, doorway to the Mo-
gazing. The Chinese captured Tasu
Bum to the west.
The new operation at Mill, in
volving the weight of American
battleships and carrier planes. may
presage another invasion of the
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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-21
british Develop New
12-Ton Armored Car

LONDON, March 20.-(R)-The
British announced today that they
had developed a 12-ton armored
car equipped to fire an anti-tank
six-pounder while rumbling along
from 10 to AZ miles an hour.
Called the FAC Armored Car
Mark H." the radio-equipped We
hicle also mounts machine-guns.
The crew of four is protected by
armor plate an inch and a quarter
thick at the front and one inch
thick at the sides.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-21
Arabian Oil
Line Backed.
3yArmy,Navy
INDUSTRY OPPOSES.
Military Leaders To Ask
That Project Be Under
taken Immediately
Rv JOHN M. HIGHTOWER

WASHINGTON, March 20.-lR-
Military advocates of the proposed
nulti-million dollar trans-Arabian
Nil line are preparing to tell Con-
oress, it was learned today, that
tbe project should be undertaken
Immediately.
These representatives of the War
and Navy Departments and the
Joint chiefs of staff will base their
contentious, it was understood, on
these two points:
Two Main Points
|. Delay might cost American
companies their present complete
domination of oil rights in the rich
Saudi Arabian fields.
2 Unless it is started as soon
as possible it will not be ready
10 deliver oil when the postwar
European market opens up. Con-
struction is estimated to require
at least IS months.
Their views will be presented to
the Senate's special oil committee
this week,
Time Element
Without going into the merits ct
the project-which has been con-
demned by oil industry leaders as
a possible breeder of future
vars its hackers are described
as considering the time element
this way:
King Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia
has been hard-pressed for cash
since the war began. His pre-war
economy was supported mainly
by Moslem pilgr1mages to Mecca.
The war all but stopped the pill
oranges.
The British government, with the
aim Of aiding p1o-Allied and stra-
tegcally-located neutral. has turn
ed over to him funds reported to
total about $40 000.000.
U. S Assisting
The United States has assisted
with lend-lease supplies approx
mately equal to the British pay
ments.
But this represents only a por-
ton of the kings pre-war income
and unless he can look forward to
considerably increased royalties
from oil product ton in the next two
Continued on Page Five; Col. u
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-21

write CO11pleCely dVlatlOn law, Co
tablish Civil Aeronautics Author
ity to replace two present agen-
cies, assure state control of in
trastate flying and provide So
called "bill of rights for private
filters.
The proposal for a single Ameri-
can flying company to carry the
American flag abroad attracted
most attention, since it resembles
plan which Pan American Air
ways, Inc, is understood to favor
and which is opposed by all but
one Omitted Air Lines) of the pres
ent air carriers. The other seven
teen airlines have united in an air.
lines committee for United States
air policy to oppose Pan Ameri-
cans. views.
Briefly, McCarran's plan for a
company to be known as all Amer
lean Flag Lines is this:
A federally chartered corpora
ton with a working capital of more
than 81 1000, 100000; participating to
be open to all companies presently
certified by the Civil Aeronautics
Board CAB except those in Alas
ka.
Class A capital stock, the voting
stock, would be issued in an
amount totaling $200,000,000 and
could be purchased only by air.
Continued on Page Five; Col. -
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-21
Veteran Teacher Taking Up Fight
AGAINST Petrill0's Ban On Music

trillo's .treatment of your organiza-
tion," Clark said.
To which Senator Vandenberg
(R.- Mich) added:
81 have no sympathy whatsoever
with Petrillo's war on school chill
dren or on non-profit culture. :"
Maddy said the union leader
once threatened him if he disclosed
that he had been forced to pay
for 50-piece Standby union or
chestra before the union would per-
nit a high school orchestra to
broadcast at the Music Educators
National Conference at Chicago in
1928.
"You better be careful what you
say over the radio if you value
your health" he said Petrillo told
him.
'This threat didn't stop me-" the
CONTINUED on Page Five; Col. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-21

Most of yesterdays session was
taken up with discussions and con-
sideration of tax problems submit
ted by citizens.
A letter was received by the
county government from the Coun-
Gil of Social Agencies, which stateT
that members of the Welfare Di, .
sion of the group had reviewed -
concentrations and resolut -
which were result of n s. 4
February IL.
The letter stated that 'v
bers of the Welfare djI q
pleased to note certain -
ments that have been me-
the Juvenile home during the i
month. However, they wish t.
know why the two new buildings,
referred to in the previous report,
are not being used to house juve-
nile delinquents, as they appear
to be much more suitable for this
purpose than the quarters now be-
ing used.
Y5.-,>. 1~I
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-21
Plan To Put y. S. In Air
Line Business Presented

WASHINGTON, March 20-(P)-Senator McCarran
DNe) proposed today that the United States enter the
international air transport field with billion dollar cor
poration open to participation by all existing arnes Nc
Carran embodied that idea in legislation which would
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-21
Jap Convoy Smashed;
5 Enemy Vessels Sunk
BY RAY CRONIN
Associated Press War Editor

Furious warshp and bomber attacks Japanese
strongholds the Central and Southwest Pacific and de-
veopment of major battle in Burma in connection with
the new Nippon offensive in that reported Off
ciay Monday Bateshps and carrier planes heavily she'll
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-21
FORECAST

NORTH CAROLINA: Tuesday partly
cloudy and moderate cold with slightly
lower temperatures in southeastern part.
Slightly warmer in mountains in ahker-
noon.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-21

Continued on Page Five; Col. y
Evening star., 1944-05-17
Hadassab Elects
At Final Meeting

Mrs. Tobias Naftalin was installed
as president OF the Washington
Hadassah yesterday at the organ
ization's final meeting at the Jewish
Community Center. She was pre-
sented with the gavel by the retiring
president. Mrs. Aaron Shalowitz.
Other new efflcers are Mrs. Henry
A. Hirsch first vice president; Mrs.
Joseph Friedman, second vice presi-
dent; Mrs. Meyer Bernstein, third
vice president; Mrs. Isaac Jacobson,
fourth vice president; Mrs. Julius H.
Wolpe. treasurer; Mrs. Herman
Tocker, corresponding secretary:
Mrs. Harry Friedman, recording Sec
retary: mrs. Joseph Mendelsohn,
financial secretary; Mrs. Alex Ros-
enson, assistant financial secretary;
Mrs. Aryeh Lev, administrative sec
lretary. New trustees are Mrs. Ed
ward A. Aaronson and Mrs. William
Oshinsky.
The program included an address
by Representative Emanuel Cellar.
Democrat, of New York. who bitterly
assailed the Readers Digest on its
articles "disparaging to the Jewish
efforts in Palestine.
1.-THE Digest" he said, never prints
views of the underdog, or that Of
minority groups, ana holds up the
Government to ridicule. 1t Is dis
cernible," he continued, that the
Digest is violently anti-Roosevelt
and antilabor."
The speaker was introduced by
Mrs. Shalowitz, who presided at the
Injecting.
Evening star., 1944-05-17
Luncheon Meeting
OF Arlington Women

"Americanism" will be the subject
of talk by Representative Fred z.
Busbey, Republican, of Illinois at a
luncheon meeting of the Arlington
Republican Women's Council at Il
noon Friday at the Jack Spratt Res
taurant, Glebe road and Washington
boulevard.
Educated at Armour Institute Of
Technology and Northwestern Uni
versity, the Representative Is a
member of the Dies committee and
has given many lectures on the dan
gers of the drift away frort consti-
tutional government by the New
Deal. He is well known for his fight
against all forms of subversive activ-
tiles directed at the American way Of
governing. Because of his 20 years
Of service in the American Legion
and Veterans Of Foreign Wars, Rep
resentative Busbey was also made q
member of the World War Veterans
Legislative Committee, which will be
responsible for handling legislation
pertaining to service men and
women.
The patriotic keynote of the speak
er's address will be carried out by
the council in the table decorations,
which will include q centerpiece Of
flags, red roses, white bridal wreaths
and blue iriSes.
Evening star., 1944-05-17
By The Way
Beth Blaine.

There IL nations Community War Fund and
Washington is the only city in the world which
all II under roof Where? At the
Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Eye street where they
operate the United Nations War Relief where
each nation has its individual plans enter
alnmentS BENEFITS exhibits
refreshments honorary directors Ambassadors and
Ministers of each country represented
story of this In various parts of
using whatever facilities they had at their
for the needy in their homelands Community War
Fund had the wonderful idea of getting together
leasing the Holmes house and letting each nation
rent the of ehabtang the furnishing running
it. Divided the small So
after deal of planning and
accomplished and last month-Apr United
Nations Center its formal opening
Europe back entertainments were
ribbons room
the ribbons of all the United Nations
Of Justice
Roberts who cut them.
On the 23d of this month it will will
plant the first boxbush in the high bckwaed garden just
back of the house The other nations will follow
each will plant Of his
The 23d, too will mark the opening of the new
quarters of the French War Relief Fund and will
form of day bazaar There to
food sale that ought delight the heart
likes French lingerie and cooking-and be
French refreshments CTs
American relief France Fighting
the Relief CommiteeD of the
co-ordnating council of the French Relief Society,"
Joseph Baldwin is chairman of the French Wives.
Friday evening, Association
of which Mrs Philip Marshall Brown director
interesting lecture when the brilliant witty
information for the Greek government Andre
Michaopouos will speak (The Greek Ambassador
opouos who honorary director Of the plans
following ecure) other things
by the different nations about which you
that this United Nations exactly
month old today already accomplished
Oh by the those nations Belgium
China Czechosovaka France Luxembourg
The Netherlands Norway Poland. Russia Yugosavia.
Evening star., 1944-05-17
Officers Are Chosen
|By Sunshine Society

The Sunshine and Community
Society has reelected Mrs. Sam
uel G. Keery as president. Co-offi-
GERS are: Mrs. Frank J. Mulkern,
vice president; Mrs. Ross Snyder,
second vice president; Mrs. H. M.
Adams and Mrs. H. c. Moynelo, re-
cording and corresponding secre-
taries: Mrs. Worthington Bean,
treasurer, and Mrs. P. ]. Christian,
auditor. Mrs. Maurice A. Emerson
and Mrs. H. E. Huntsberry were
elected directors with Mrs. George
Degenhardt and Mrs. H. Stuart
Boyer as alternateS.
Members will continue their work
in preparing surgical dressings for
the Red Cross throughout the sum-
mer.
Evening star., 1944-05-17
Washington club
Hears Talk ON
Ciucb0ua Trees :

An optimistic outlook on the qui-
nine situation was given to men,
bers Of the Washington Club yes
terday by DR.. w. c. Davis, forest
pathologist of the Department of
Agriculture, in colorfully illus
trated lecture on the cinchona
plantations of South and Central
America.
The mountainous and river
lands of Colombia, Guatemala,
Ecuador, Bolivia and Peru, where
cinchona trees, source OF quinine,
are being intensively cultivated,
were brought close to the Washing
ton audience as the speaker ex-
planned methods Of production of
the important drug which was vir-
tually cut off from the United
Nations when Java and other South
Pacific lands fell into the hands
Of the Japanese.
A most promising plantation, DR..
Davis said, is one originally planted
by the japanese in Peru from Gin
chona seedlings obviously boot
legged" from Java. The japanese
apparently with the purpose of de-
veloping source of quinine rival
ing that produced in Java, had
secretly started the plantation in
Peru, where trees were already well
developed at the time of Pearl Har-
Dor. AS the war progressed, fearful
the plantation would fall into the
hands of the Allies, the japanese
attempted. to destroy the trees, the
speaker explained.
They cut down most of the large
trees" he said, "but several thou.
sand seedlings were left and these
trees should be ready for harvest
within few years"
These particular trees, DR.. Davi.
added, will yield from to II
per cent more quinine than thu
wild cinchona trees in Peru.
Plantations already producine
large supplies of quinine are foune
in Bolivia, the speaker continued
where cinchona trees have beer
under cultivation for over Is years
Slides illustrating the lecture in.
cluded scenes Of villages, towns anc
cities, wide rivers. snow-coveret
mountains and Indians in colorfu
costumes, taken by members of tn,
Department of Agriculture whil
inspecting possible sources of qui
nine in the South and Centra
American countries.
DR.. Davis, who returned las
month from a visit to the cinchon;
plantations of Guatemala, expect
to return soon to supervise furthe,
cultivation of the quinine producing
trees In that country.
The speaker was introduced b,
Mrs. Cloyd Heck Marvin, the presi
dent
Evening star., 1944-05-17
Dorothy Lee Ward
To We'd 1Hne |

Mrs. Dorothy Lee Ward of WASH
ington and Palm Beach and 1t. Col.
Edward Pardee Johnston of Ottawa,
Canada, will be married at the for
mer's Washington residence, 2400
Massachusetts, avenue, June l, the
Rev. DR.. Albert Joseph Mccartney,
pastor of the Covenant-First Pres
byterian Church, officiating in the
presence of the two families. A small
reception will follow at the Sui
grave Club.
Mrs. Ward will be attended by
her niece, Mrs. John Boyd STAN
ley, whose parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Burge Cauthen of Atlanta,
have announced Mrs. Wards forth
coming marriage.
Col. Johnston will have his
brother -in-law, Col. William Pate
Mulock, K. C. M. P, Postmaster
General of Canada, as his best man.